Hi foxb! what is FAT/FAT32 file system?
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FAT, or File Allocation Table, is a file system used by Windows. FAT32 is a 32 bit variation of FAT.\n\n'File Allocation Table (FAT) is a patented[1] file system developed by Microsoft for MS-DOS and is the primary file system for consumer versions of Microsoft Windows up to and including Windows Me.\n\nThe FAT file system is considered relatively uncomplicated, and is consequently supported by virtually all existing operating systems for personal computers. This ubiquity makes it an ideal format for floppy disks and solid-state memory cards, and a convenient way of sharing data between disparate operating systems installed on the same computer (a multiboot environment).\n\nThe most common implementations have a serious drawback in that when files are deleted and new files written to the media, their fragments tend to become scattered over the entire media making reading and writing a slow process. De-fragmentation is one solution to this, but is often a lengthy process in itself and has to be repeated regularly to keep the FAT file system clean.'
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your answer is here http://www.ntfs.com/ntfs_basics.htm
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http://www.acronis.com/homecomputing/products/diskdirector/multibooting.html\nhttp://www.msfn.org/board/index.php?showtopic=59318\nhttp://www.msfn.org/board/index.php?showtopic=69211 \nhttp://www.pcquest.com/content/dvd/103101105.asp // seems to be best answer
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you could try typing "man mount"\n\nor, mount -t vfat /dev/whatever_the_partition_is /mnt
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"PC Inspector File Recovery" is a free software. Download it from "http://www.snapfiles.com/get/pcinspector.html". Its a pretty descent program.\nHowever, I will recommend you use\nGetDataBack for FAT or\nGetDataBack for NTFS\ndepending upon your file system. These are of course paid ones but they are very reliable.
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What exactly do you mean?  Do you mean the index of the files in your ntfs partition? Do you mean the boot.ini file that determines which partition you boot from? Or something else?
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The way windows arrange the files is known as windows file system.There are two types of file systems.\n1)Fat-File Allocation Table\n2)NTFS-New Technology File system.\n These two file systems use different algorithms to arrange the files.
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There are a number of data recovery programs for different file systems - if you had a PC running Windows, you should look at Get Data Back from Runtime software - there are versions for noth FAT32 and NTFS, and it does an excellent job as long as there's no physical damage to the hardware.
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What kind of file is that?
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The File Allocation Table (FAT) file system is a simple file system originally designed for small disks and simple folder structures. The FAT file system is named for its method of organization, the file allocation table, which resides at the beginning of the volume. To protect the volume, two copies of the table are kept, in case one becomes damaged. In addition, the file allocation tables and the root folder must be stored in a fixed location so that the files needed to start the system can be correctly located. \n\nA volume formatted with the FAT file system is allocated in clusters. The default cluster size is determined by the size of the volume. For the FAT file system, the cluster number must fit in 16 bits and must be a power of two. \n\nA version of the file allocation table (FAT) available in Windows 95 OSR 2 and Windows 98. FAT32 increases the number of bits used to address clusters and also reduces the size of each cluster. The result is that it can support larger disks (up to 2 terabytes) and better storage efficiency (less slack space). \n\n\nNTFS or New Technology File System is the standard file system of Windows NT and its descendants: Windows 2000, Windows XP, Windows Server 2003 and Windows Vista.\n\nNTFS replaced Microsoft's previous FAT file system, used in MS-DOS and early versions of Windows. NTFS has several improvements over FAT such as improved support for metadata and the use of advanced data structures to improve performance, reliability and disk space utilization plus additional extensions such as security access control lists and file system journaling. The exact specification is a trade secret of Microsoft.
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FAT32 or NTFS: Making the Choice\nChoosing the file system to use on a Windows XP system is seldom easy, and frequently it's not just a one time decision.. Different factors can blur the decision process, and some tradeoffs are more than likely. No matter what method you choose to adopt Windows XP, you will have to face the FAT32 versus NTFS decision. Clean and upgrade installs both require you to address the situation early on in the process. Later on, if you add a drive or repartition an existing drive the decision process faces you yet again. Circumstances may dictate the choice for you, but in most cases the options have to be weighed and the tradeoffs of using each method analyzed. Let's look at the available choices.\n\nFile System Choices\nMost articles discussing file system choices look at FAT32 and NTFS as the two available choices. In reality, there are three systems which could be selected. FAT, FAT32, and NTFS. Granted, FAT32 and NTFS are the primary choices, but on occasion you'll still find the need for a FAT volume. A FAT volume has a maximum size of 2GB and supports MS-DOS as well as being used for some dual boot configurations, but backward compatibility is about  the only reason I can think of that FAT should ever be used, other than for the occasional floppy diskette. That said, let's move on to FAT32 and NTFS.\n\nWhich File System to Choose?\nAs much as everyone would like for there to be a stock answer to the selection question, there isn't. Different situations and needs will play a large role in the decision of which file system to adopt. There isn't any argument that NTFS offers better security and reliability. Some also say that NTFS is more flexible, but that can get rather subjective depending on the situation and work habits, whereas NTFS superiority in security and reliability is seldom challenged. Listed below are some of the most common factors to consider when deciding between FAT32 and NTFS.\n\nSecurity\nFAT32 provides very little security. A user with access to a drive using FAT32 has access to the files on that drive.\n\nNTFS allows the use of NTFS Permissions. It's much more difficult to implement, but folder and file access can be controlled individually, down to an an extreme degree if necessary. The down side of using NTFS Permissions is the chance for error and screwing up the system is greatly magnified.\n\nWindows XP Professional supports file encryption.\n  \n\nCompatibility\nNTFS volumes are not recognized by Windows 95/98/Me. This is only a concern when the system is set up for dual or multi-booting. FAT32 must be be used for any drives that must be accessed when the computer is booted from Windows 95/98 or Windows Me.\n\nAn additional note to the previous statement. Users on the network have access to shared folders no matter what disk format is being used or what version of Windows is installed.\n\nFAT and FAT32 volumes can be converted to NTFS volumes. NTFS cannot be converted to FAT32 without reformatting.\n  \n\nSpace Efficiency\nNTFS supports disk quotas, allowing you to control the amount of disk usage on a per user basis.\n\nNTFS supports file compression. FAT32 does not.\n\nHow a volume manages data is outside the scope of this article, but once you pass the 8GB partition size, NTFS handles space management much more efficiently than FAT32. Cluster sizes play an important part in how much disk space is wasted storing files. NTFS provides smaller cluster sizes and less disk space waste than FAT32.\n\nIn Windows XP, the maximum partition size that can be created using FAT32 is 32GB. This increases to 16TB (terabytes) using NTFS. There is a workaround for the 32GB limitation under FAT32, but it is a nuisance especially considering the size of drives currently being manufactured.\n  \n\nReliability\nFAT32 drives are much more susceptible to disk errors.\n\nNTFS volumes have the ability to recover from errors more readily than similar FAT32 volumes.
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Questions a manger might ask:\n1. What operating system will you suggest for a new user?\n2. How do you partition a hard drive?\n3. How to assemble PC?\n \nFAT32\nShort for File Allocation Table, FAT is a method used by Microsoft operating systems to keep track of the contents of a disk; the table is a chart of numbers that correspond to cluster addresses on the hard drive. \nFAT12: The oldest type of File Allocation Table that uses 12-bit binary system. A hard disk drive formatted using FAT12 can use a maximum of approximately 16,736,256 volume size and today is no longer used. If your computer is running Windows 95 or above and your FAT within FDISK is being displayed as FAT12 it is likely that your hard disk drive is corrupted, bad or has a computer virus.\n\nFAT16: FAT utilizing a 16-bit binary system. Commonly found with Windows 3.x through Windows 95. FAT16, while becoming obsolete by FAT32, is still commonly found.\n\nFAT32: Enhanced File Allocation Table utilizing a 28-bit binary system, first used in Windows 95 OSR2 and more so in Windows 98, that saves disk space by using 4k Cluster. See FAT32 Page for extended information about FAT32.\n\nNTFS\nShort for New Technology File System, NTFS is a file organizational system that stores and accesses information located on Microsoft Windows NT, Windows 2000, Windows XP operating system. NTFS offers better methods of data protection and file recovery than previous versions of FAT. \n\nAdditional information on NTFS can be found on document CH000165. \n\nAdditional information about determining the type of file system on a hard disk drive can be found on document CH000713. \n\nInstall Local  Printer:\n\nClick:\n \nStart\nPrinters and Faxes\nAdd Printer\nSelect local printer\n(Windows runs the autodetection)\nIf the windows did not find the particular driver\nClick use the following port (select what type USB, Serial Port etc.. )\nfinally select what brand (epson, agfa etc...
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http://filext.com/detaillist.php?extdetail=BWD
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In My Computer.  Select: Local Disk (C).  View DETAILS, lower left. \nClick on View System Information at the top for the other info.  \n\nClick this link for the kilobyte/megabyte values you requested:\nhttp://familyinternet.about.com/cs/computinghelp/l/aa052401a.htm\n\nHope that helps.
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FAT32 started its life with Windows 95 OSR2, Windows 98 and Windows ME. Since then, every Microsoft operating system supports it. However, NT4 does not support FAT32.
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The NTFS file system is the recommended file system for use with Windows 2000. NTFS has all of the basic capabilities of FAT, and it provides the following advantages over the FAT and FAT 32 file systems:\n\n1) Better file security and auditing. 2) Better disk compression. 3) Support for large hard disks, up to 2 terabytes (TB). {The maximum drive size for NTFS is much greater than that for FAT, and as drive size increases, performance with NTFS doesn't degrade as it does with FAT.}  4) As well as various features for POSIX subsystem.\n\nFAT and FAT32\nFAT32 is an enhanced version of the FAT file system that can be used on drives from 512 megabytes (MB) to 2 TB in size. FAT and FAT32 offer compatibility with operating systems other than Windows 2000. If you're setting up a dual-boot configuration, you should probably use FAT or FAT32.\n\nIf you're dual booting Windows 2000 and another operating system, choose a file system based on the other operating system, using the following criteria:\n\nFormat the partition as FAT if the installation partition is smaller than 2 gigabytes (GB), or if you're dual booting Windows 2000 with MS-DOS, Windows 3.1, Windows 95, Windows 98, or Windows NT. \n\nUse FAT32 for use on partitions that are 2 GB or larger. If you choose to format using FAT during Windows 2000 Setup and your partition is greater than 2 GB, Setup automatically formats it as FAT32. \n\nIt's recommended that you use NTFS rather than FAT32 for partitions larger than 32 GB.\n\n\nSame thing goes for windows server 2003 also.\n\nhowever,there are more things.......\n\nNTFS supports filenames up to 256 characters in length (including spaces) with multiple extensions; FAT supports 8-character filenames with 3-character extensions, except when using VFAT.\n\nNTFS provides robust system security whether on a workstation or server; FAT does not.\n\nNTFS preserves mixed case filenames (although it does not distinguish between upper and lowercase when searching for files or folders); FAT does not.\n\nNTFS keeps a log of activities, in order to be able to restore the disk after a power failure or other interruptions.\n\nNTFS supports RAID configurations, whereas DOS is not equipped to read stripe sets, volume sets, and mirror sets.  Any such NTFS partitions would be invisible to anyone trying to read them from DOS.\n\nNTFS supports files and partitions up to 16 exabytes in length (an exabyte is about 16 quintillion bytes).\n\nNTFS provides real-time file compression on a file-by-file basis.\n\nNTFS supports POSIX standard network naming conventions such as case sensitivity, last-access-time stamping, and hard links.   Caution: While NTFS supports POSIX naming, NT's utilities do not.  Do not manage POSIX files with Explorer.\n\nNT implements a B-tree directory structure rather than the linked list directory structure used by the FAT file system.  This speeds up file searches and reduces the possibility of a missing link resulting in data loss.
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Forget about books...learn about partition types from online search (know about FAT/FAT32/NTFS):\nhttp://msdn.microsoft.com/archive/default.asp?url=/archive/en-us/win9x/fat32ovr_0j03.asp\nhttp://www.ata-atapi.com/hiwtab.htm\n\nthen install Windows several times w/ & w/o removing previous Windows...from all the messages you see, you will learn\n\nLearning from books is never as good as hands on...\n\nPS: Windows Server Installation is as normal as any other Windows OS installation...the only difference is the License setting at the start, and this could be altered from under Windows...\n\nWhat you want is the installation of different Services for the Server, its management and deploying...\n\nFor this, get some PDFs/books and apply as you go on...just reading is useless...