The maximum individual file size it can be 16GB-2TB. Ext2 does not support journaling feature, thus it is recommended to be used on flash drives or SD cards which do not need the overhead of journaling.
This file system was developed for the purpose of overcoming limitations on previous Ext file system. In this section, we'll talk about file systems Ext2, Ext3 and Ext4, which belong to Linux operating system.Įxt2 file system was first introduced by Remy Card in 1993 and it was the first default file system in several Linux distro. As a Windows user, you must be family with FAT32, exFAT and NTFS. File system is widely used on various storages devices such as hard drive, flash memory, virtual disk, etc. There are many different types of files system, and each has its own structure and logic rules, speed, size, etc. The structure and logic rule used by system to manage data is called a file system. Information stored on device media is split into two pieces, which are usually called metadata and user data. Without file system, files stored on a device would be one large body of data, as data does not know where to stop or when to begin.
The video guide to format Ext4 in Windows 10.How to format EXT4/3/2 in Windows 10/8/7/XP?.
