🐧Sparse Files in Windows, Linux and MacOS, and NTFS, REFS, Ext3, Ext4, BTRFS and APFS File Systems🐧

In today’s article, we are going to deal with sparse files. You’ll learn about their pros and cons, and the file systems that support such files, and how to create them, or turn ordinary files into sparse ones.

👍Contents

• The difference between compression and sparse files
• Pros and cons
• Creating a sparse file in Windows
• How to create a sparse file in Linux
• How to expand a file
• Sparse files in ApFS
• How to recover data from this file type
• Conclusion

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