SUPPORTED FILE SYSTEMS OF WINDOWS CLIENTS AND SERVERS

Supported file systems of Windows Clients and Servers

Various versions of Windows support various file systems, including: FAT12, FAT16, FAT32, HPFS, or NTFS, along with network file systems shared from other computers, and the ISO 9660 and UDF file systems used for CDs, DVDs, and other optical discs such as Blu-ray. Each file system is usually limited in application to certain media, for example CDs must use ISO 9660 or UDF, and as of Windows Vista, NTFS is the only file system which the operating system can be installed on. Windows Embedded CE 6.0, Windows Vista Service Pack 1, and Windows Server 2008 onwards support exFAT, a file system more suitable for USB flash drives.

	FAT12	FAT16	FAT32	HPFS	ISO 9660	NTFS	UDF	ReFS
Windows NT 3.1, 3.5, 3.51	Yes	Yes	No	Yes	Yes	Yes v1.0/v1.1	?	No
Windows NT 4.0	Yes	Yes	No	Partial	Yes	Yes v1.2	?	No
Windows 2000	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	Yes	Yes v3.0	Yes	No
Windows XP	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	Yes	Yes v3.1	Yes (2.01)	No
Windows Server 2003	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	Yes	Yes v3.1	Yes	No
Windows Vista	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	Yes	Yes v5	Yes (2.6)	No
Windows Server 2008	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	Yes	Yes v5	Yes	No
Windows 7	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	Yes	Yes v5	Yes (2.6)	No
Windows Server 2008 R2	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	Yes	Yes v5	Yes (2.6)	No
Windows Server 2012	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	Yes	Yes v5	Yes (2.6)	Yes
Windows 8	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	Yes	Yes v5	Yes (2.6)	No
Windows 8.1	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	Yes	Yes v5	Yes (2.6)	Yes
Windows Server 2012 R2	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	Yes	Yes v5	Yes (2.6)	Yes
Windows 10	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	Yes	Yes v5	Yes (2.6)	Yes
Windows Server 2016	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	Yes	Yes v5	Yes (2.6)	Yes

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