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More info?)
On Wed, 13 Jul 2005 20:24:43 -0600, Bruce Chambers
<bchambers@cable0ne.n3t> wrote:
>Gary D. wrote:
>> Building my own PC and will be installing XP Home (with SP2).
>>
>> Question: which is recommended - NTFS file system or FAT32?
>>
>
>
> Personally, I wouldn't even consider using FAT32 when NTFS is an
>option. FAT32 has no security capabilities, no compression
>capabilities, no fault tolerance, and a lot of wasted hard drive space
>on volumes larger than 8 Gb in size. But your computing needs may
>vary, and there is no hard and fast answer.
>
> To answer your questions without getting too technical is
>difficult, but has been handled quite well by the late Alex Nichol in
>the article here:
>
>FAT & NTFS File Systems in Windows XP
>http://www.aumha.org/a/ntfs.htm
>
> Somewhat more technical information is here:
>
>Limitations of the FAT32 File System in Windows XP
>http://support.microsoft.com/directory/article.asp?ID=kb;en-us;Q314463
>
>Choosing Between File Systems
>http://www.microsoft.com/technet/treeview/default.asp?url=/TechNet/prodtechnol/winntas/tips/techrep/filesyst.asp
>
>NTFS file system
>http://www.digit-life.com/articles/ntfs/
Thanks Bruce. That's just the sort of information I was looking for!
I tried searching the web for information but didn't find anything as
good as these links.
From what I've read, it looks likely that I'll opt for NTFS.