Configuring filesystem permissions
As you know, Windows 10 is an operating system in which it is very easy to store, organize, and manage files and folders using File Explorer. That is the result of the filesystem that Windows is using. So, let's look at some of the filesystems that historically have been associated with the Windows OS:
- File Allocation Table (FAT): This is the earliest filesystem and was used by both MS-DOS and Windows. It uses a table that contains a map of clusters, where a cluster represents a logical storage unit. FAT32 is the latest version of FAT.
- Extended File Allocation Table (exFAT): This is a new version of FAT that isprimarily used in USB flash drives and SD cards. exFAT is platform-independent, enabling drivesto work on Apple Mac computers too.
- New Technology File System (NTFS): This was introduced with Windows NT 3.1, and is still in use in both Windows 10 and Windows Server 2019. NTFS is a feature-rich OS; disk quotas, Encrypting File System (EFS), journaling...
