List of default file systems From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Default file system used in various operating systems. More information Release year, Operating system ... Release yearOperating systemFile system 1968George 3George 3 1971OS/8DECtape / OS/8 1972RSX-11ODS-1 1974CP/MCP/M file system 198086-DOSFAT12, but logically format incompatible with MS-DOS/PC DOS. 1981PC DOS 1.0FAT12 1982MS-DOS 1.25FAT12 1982Commodore 64, 1541Commodore DOS (CBM DOS) 1984PC DOS 3.0, MS-DOS 3.0FAT16 1984Classic Mac OSMacintosh File System (MFS) 1985Atari TOSModified FAT12 1985Classic Mac OSHierarchical File System (HFS) 1987Compaq MS-DOS 3.31FAT16B 1988AmigaOS v1.3Amiga Fast File System (FFS) 1989OS/2 v1.2High Performance File System (HPFS) 1989SCO UNIXHTFS 1990Windows 3.0, 3.1xFAT16B 1993Slackwareext2 1993Debian GNU/Linuxext2 1993FreeBSD v1-v5.0UFS1 1993 Windows NT 3.1 NTFS 1.0 1994Windows NT 3.5NTFS 1.1 1995Windows 95FAT16B with VFAT 1996Windows NT 4.0NTFS 1.2 1998Mac OS 8.1, macOSHFS Plus (HFS+) 1998Windows 98FAT32 with VFAT 2000 SUSE Linux Enterprise 6.4 ReiserFS[1][2] 2000Windows MeFAT32 with VFAT 2000Windows 2000NTFS 3.0 2000Ututo GNU/Linuxext4 2000Knoppixext3 2000Red Hat Linuxext3 2001Windows XPNTFS 3.1 but FAT32 was also common 2002Arch Linuxext4 2002Gentoo Linuxext4 2003FreeBSD v5.1-v9UFS2 2003Windows Server 2003NTFS 3.1 2003Fedora Core 1ext3 2004Ubuntu 4.10ext3 2004OpenWrtOverlayFS combining SquashFS + JFFS2 2004CentOS 3ext3 2005Debian GNU/Linux 3.1ext3 2005dyneSquashFS 2006OpenDOS 7.01.08FAT32+ 2006gNewSenseext4 2006Windows VistaNTFS 3.1 2006 SUSE Linux Enterprise 11 openSUSE 10.2 ext3[3][4] 2007Slackware 12ext3 2007Trisquelext4 2008Windows Server 2008NTFS 3.1 2008Musix GNU+Linuxext4 2008Nexenta OSZFS 2009Windows 7NTFS 3.1 2009Parabola GNU/Linux-libreext4 2009openSUSE 11ext4 2009Slackware 13ext4 2009Ubuntu 9.10ext4 2009 Fedora 11 ext4[5] 2010LibreWRTSquashFS 2011CentOS 6ext4 2011Debian GNU/kFreeBSDUFS1 2011Arch Hurdext2 2012Windows 8NTFS 3.1 2013Debian GNU/Linux 7.0ext4 2013Debian GNU/Hurdext2 2014libreCMCOverlayFS combining SquashFS + JFFS2 2014RHEL 7XFS[6] 2014CentOS 7XFS 2015Windows 10NTFS 3.1 2015 Fedora 22 Combination: ext4 (Fedora Workstation and Cloud), XFS (Fedora Server)[7] 2015 openSUSE 42.1 Combination: Btrfs (for system) and XFS (for home) 2016iOS 10.3APFS 2017macOS High Sierra (10.13)APFS 2020Fedora 33Btrfs (Fedora Workstation)[8] 2021Windows 11NTFS 3.1 2021Rocky Linux 8XFS 2021AlmaLinux 8XFS 2024 openSUSE Leap 15.6 Btrfs[9] Close See also List of file systems Comparison of file systems List of partition IDs (MBR) Master Boot Record (MBR) GUID Partition Table (GPT) Apple Partition Map Amiga Rigid Disk Block Timeline of DOS operating systems History of Microsoft Windows FDISK References [1]"Archive:SuSE Linux 6.4". openSUSE wiki. Retrieved 2017-06-28. [2]"SuSE Linux 9.1 Administration Guide: Major File Systems in Linux". Novell. Retrieved 2017-06-28. [3]Shankland, Stephen (16 October 2006). "Novell makes file storage software shift". CNET. [4]Sharma, Mayank (12 October 2006). "Novell will switch from ReiserFS to ext3". Linux.com. [5]"Fedora 11: Installation Guide: 7. Installing on Intel and AMD Systems: 7.21. Partitioning Your System: 7.21.5. Adding Partitions: 7.21.5.1. File System Types". docs-old.fedoraproject.org. Retrieved 2018-07-25. [6]"7.0 Release Notes". Chapter 4. File Systems. [7]"Fedora 22: Installation Guide: Installing Using Anaconda: Installing in the Graphical User Interface: Manual Partitioning: Device, File System and RAID Types". docs-old.fedoraproject.org. Retrieved 2018-07-25. [8]"Btrfs Coming to Fedora 33". fedoramagazine.org. 24 August 2020. Retrieved 2021-04-22. [9]"Installation steps: openSUSE Leap 15.6". doc.opensuse.org. Retrieved 2026-01-31. Related Articles