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FAT32 or NTFS??
Name: Mergon Date: January 27, 2002 at 15:26:07 Pacific
Comment:
Tell me which one is better for XP, FAT32 or NTFS?? Is NTFS faster?
Name: CLiPPeR Date: January 27, 2002 at 15:29:18 Pacific
Reply:
Hi m8, I formatted to NTFS as i was told this format is more secure when you are online than FAT32 not sure about speed but i have had no detramental signs that it is any slower
I hope that helps a bit
CLiPPeR
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Response Number 2
Name: Jupiter Date: January 27, 2002 at 19:25:08 Pacific
Reply:
NTFS= yes, more secured, more efficient allocation. FAT32= faster caching, compatible with previous OS's, support dual boot for WIN 9x. ME, Linux.
If you don't shared the PC with anyone else, stay with FAT32.
Have a good day...
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Response Number 3
Name: Kurt Date: January 27, 2002 at 19:40:14 Pacific
Reply:
Hello Mergon, I tend to agree with Jupiter (response #2) I have formatted and installed XP on both Fat32 and NTFS , in my opinion , FAT32 was alittle faster.
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Response Number 4
Name: Glen Date: January 28, 2002 at 05:56:07 Pacific
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I can assure you that you won't notice a speed difference. I suppose if you had a benchmark program and could measure it you may see a difference one way or another. As mentioned, the big thing for NTFS is security, file encryption and compression.
NTFS is a more reliable format as well. For most home users that don't require the security, FAT32 is fine. You can try FAT32 and if you then want to try NTFS you can convert from FAT32 to NTFS without data loss. However if you want to convert from NTFS to FAT32 you'll need a third party program to do that.
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Response Number 5
Name: Mergon Date: January 28, 2002 at 08:45:06 Pacific
Reply:
THX! I keep my XP in FAT32!
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Response Number 6
Name: Mergon Date: January 28, 2002 at 08:45:45 Pacific
Reply:
THX! I keep my XP in FAT32!
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Response Number 7
Name: Kinel Date: January 28, 2002 at 11:33:56 Pacific
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I agree 100% that FAT32 is the way to go unless you absolutely need the security of NTFS.
Don't get the idea that NTFS is more secure online, it isn't.
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Response Number 8
Name: Danne Date: April 4, 2002 at 04:14:07 Pacific
Reply:
//Kinel Oh yes it is for example .. How many unix hackers can access ntfs 5.0 or higher? and how many win 9x users?? Most hackers are in the unix/linux world so i think you dont know what you are talking about there..
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