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should convert to NTFS file system?
Name: metroprimeus Date: October 3, 2004 at 12:01:14 Pacific OS: xp CPU/Ram: 1Ghz / 384ram
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Is NTFS file system improvement from FAT32 all about security and network issues... Does NTFS hard disk read faster or use less memory than FAT32? I won't bother converting to ntfs if it's all about security and network improvements. thks
Name: per Date: October 3, 2004 at 12:02:58 Pacific
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See ntfs.com/. All there is to know.
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Response Number 2
Name: Marshe Date: October 3, 2004 at 12:03:40 Pacific
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If you not worried about security, don't even bother converting over to ntfc, no point really, but it will help out system preformance quite a bit.
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Response Number 3
Name: yankanuk Date: October 3, 2004 at 12:36:35 Pacific
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ntfs is good if you do video editing....no size limit on videos, whereas Fat32 has size limitations...I know that has nothing to do with security and networking, but it is a good feature
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Response Number 4
Name: ham30 Date: October 3, 2004 at 13:41:35 Pacific
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IMO, the the file size limitation fix in NTFS is the only good reason for a home user to use it. NTFS does make more efficient use of hard drive space, but with the humongus hard drives we have today, it probably isn't that important. NTFS is not faster than FAT32.
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Response Number 5
Name: door Date: October 3, 2004 at 21:02:16 Pacific
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I ran NTFS for a while and went back to FAT32. It is true that NTFS uses disk space a little better... but its a lot harder to troubleshoot in case of problems. I crash a lot because I like to play around a fair bit with system files... and it can get pretty complicated trying to 'uncrash' and NTFS file system.
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Response Number 6
Name: wanderer Date: October 3, 2004 at 21:03:39 Pacific
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"NTFS does make more efficient use of hard drive space"
Not true if you mean 4k clusters
Imagine a 2gig file in 500 pieces if the cluster size is 4k. Same file in 512K cluster sizes is 4 pieces.
Which do you think YOUR system will pick up faster?
Moral of the story? Right sizing according to what you do. Work with large files 4k clusters will KILL your performance. Work with lots of small text files 4K is fine.
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Response Number 7
Name: metroprimeus Date: October 3, 2004 at 21:20:40 Pacific
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Thks I think I get the idea - NTFS or FAT32 is more or less the same
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Response Number 8
Name: XpUser Date: October 4, 2004 at 03:57:48 Pacific
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..NTFS or FAT32 is more or less the same.
Not so according to this NTFS vs FAT chart (CLICK ME). Compare the Overall Performance.
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