| Any data that you store on a pendrive, harddisk or | | | | be able to overcome these limitations, most people will |
| storage card is organized and formatted depending on | | | | jut leave alone a file which isn't opening. NTFS also |
| the file-system that you choose. Since all of this | | | | allows you to encrypt your data, in which case it is |
| happens transparently, we are usually not aware of it, | | | | difficult for even an advanced computer user to open |
| however in some situations, the choosing the right file | | | | the file. The encrypted data is only openable by the |
| system can be quite beneficial. Since Windows XP, | | | | same user as the one who encrypted the file, and on |
| NTFS has become the standard default file system, | | | | the same computer. In NTFS you can also |
| replacing FAT32. NTFS is more robust, secure and | | | | transparently compress the files. |
| provides many more options than FAT32. Yet when it | | | | This means that although the files will take up less |
| comes to portable devices such as pendrives, FAT32 | | | | space on your computer, they will open just like normal |
| continues to be used. While FAT32 does give better | | | | file, and most application need not bother with the fact |
| performance on pendrives, often it might be useful for | | | | that they are compressed. With the limited capacities |
| you to use NTFS instead. So when should you use | | | | of pendrives this can be quite useful. Here to, it is to be |
| NTFS, and how? NTFS allows you to assign | | | | noted that you will not gain much by compressing |
| permissions to files, such that only specific users can | | | | already compressed files such as JPG images, music |
| access / modify / delete / run them. | | | | files or videos Reviews. To use NTFS of your |
| This can give you much better control over what | | | | pendrive, first of all, backup all the data on it, since it will |
| people can do with the contents of your pendrive. | | | | be lost while formatting. |
| Although any sufficiently advanced computer user will | | | | |