The system of a file



Which of these would best describe a file system that is natively supported Windows 2000 and newer and supports 2 TB volume sizes and a maximum file size of 4 gigabytes?

A) FAT

B) NTFS

C) FAT32

D) CDFS

E) It’s difficult to know for sure. Here’s a cookie.


The answer: C) FAT32

FAT32 is compatible with many operating systems, including Windows 2000 and newer. FAT32 was a huge increase over FAT because of larger hard drives, but the 4 GB file size limit has become a problem with today’s larger media formats.

Want to know more? Watch “Directories and Files.”

File management of the Windows operating system is a mix of files, folders, attributes, and permissions. In this video, you’ll learn about Windows file systems, the structure of directories, and how files are named and managed.