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Saracen26
NTFS is a Windows file format supporting higher capacity drives. Found on Vista & above.
Sorry for being picky, but your post contains some factual errors. NTFS is Microsoft's standard filesystem on all NT kernels (so also is on XP, Vista, 7 and 8) since 1993 coming with Windows NT 3.1. NT means "New Technology" and was used by Microsoft to differentiate this line from the MS-DOS/Win3.x/Win9x line.
EXT4... Linux file formatting for external capacity drives. The most superior of the bunch. Because it's universally accepting of any file capacity. EXT1 is boot format partion (tiny), EXT2/3 is hard drive format and native partions. Simply a name for Extensions.[/QUOTE]
No, ext4 is the grand-child of ext2, the "second extended filesystem". So this should be "fourth extended filesystem". It's got nothing to do with external. While it has gigantic capabilities, they are not unlimited. From the Wikipedia article:
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"The ext4 filesystem can support volumes with sizes up to 1 exbibyte (EiB) and files with sizes up to 16 tebibytes (TiB).[9] Volumes larger than 16 tebibytes (TiB) are not recommended."
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