Types of File Systems

Question 1

What are 4 types of File Systems?

Answer 1

• NTFS
• FAT32
• EXT4
• HFS

Question 2

What OS uses NTFS and what features does it support?

Answer 2

Windows OS is used by NTFS and it supports compression, encryption and journaling as well as permissions.

Question 3

What OS supports FAT 32 file system? and what features does it support?

Answer 3

• FAT 32 is an older file system used by Windows OS.
• Doesn’t support compression, encryption, journaling or permissions.
• Commonly used within storage of USB drives and external HDD.

Question 4

What OS supports ext 4? What features does it support?

Answer 4

• Linux uses ext file system.
• Supports encryption and compression via external tools however comes with journaling and permissions.

Question 5

What OS supports HFS? What features does it support?

Answer 5

Apple uses HFS and it doesn’t support encryption, journalling and compression. Only supports permissions.

Question 6

What features does HFS+ have? What features does APFS have?

This is not in the CompTIA ITF+ exam objectives.

Answer 6

• HFS+ supports permissions, encryption, compression and journaling.
• APFS supports all of the features except journaling which has been replaced with crash technology and provides good performance in SSDs and doesn’t contain compression.