The major NTFS versions are the following: NTFS as a file system has evolved during its lifetime, as Microsoft kept improving on its initial version and released a series of updates over the years.

NTFS was the answer to all these problems and more: it provided better support for metadata, better performance because of its improved data structuring, more reliability and so on. Also, it did not offer any data protection in case of a power outage. However, FAT32 had its limitations, such as the fact that it could work only with files smaller than 4GB and partitions with a maximum size of 8TB. Before NTFS, the Windows operating systems used the FAT32 file system. Because it was created to work with the Windows NT family of operating systems, Microsoft called it the NT File System, which became NTFS in its abbreviated form. It was first introduced in July 1993, with the release of Windows NT 3.1. NTFS is a file system that was developed by Microsoft. NTFS is an acronym for NT File System or New Technology File System and refers to a file system used by the operating system to identify how files are stored, named and organized on a hard-disk drive (HDD), solid-state drive (SSD), USB memory stick, microSD card and other similar storage devices.