Performance between NTFS vs FAT

Comparing performance between NTFS vs FAT

NTFS :Default File system In Windows XP, 2k and NT
FAT : Fat 16 not compatible with XP, FAT is more compatible with other operating Systems( Windows 95, etc)

NTFS :Support For Drives over 40gb, Files over GB
FAT : -

NTFS :Allows extended file names, foreign characters
FAT : FAT 16 has 8.3 character limitation

NTFS :Has a severely crippled maintenance system in chkdsk
FAT : Has better, more and interactive recovery utilities (scandisk)

NTFS :Chkdsk is notoriously slow
FAT : Scandisk is very quick

NTFS :Increased security with file encryption
FAT : Just a space for the OS to read files
Faster on drives less than 10gb

NTFS : Smaller file clusters, 4kb
FAT : FAT 16 cluster size is 32kb

NTFS :Compression to reduce disk space
FAT : -

NTFS :User permissions for files and folders
FAT : -

NTFS :File copies are “undone” if interrupted, cluster chains is cleaned
FAT : Cluster chains containing data from interrupted copies are marked as damaged

NTFS :Small files are kept in Master File Table at the beginning of the drive
FAT : Master File Table are separate from files

NTFS :Not compatible with different operating systems on the same computer
FAT : _