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PC Operating System and File System Cross-Reference

In separate sections, I discussed the various operating systems used by most PCs, and also the file systems used for most PC storage devices. In each case, I described which file systems went with which operating systems. There are a lot of operating systems and file systems, however, so I have included this summary cross-reference table, which shows at a glance what supports what:

Note: Support for non-native file systems in the alternative operating systems such as OS/2, Linux or BeOS depends entirely on the version of the operating system being used. Later versions generally support more file system types. In some cases special modules must be added or modifications made to the source code.

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