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More info?)
Actually, FAT32 is slightly faster on partitions of 30GB or less but NTFS is
faster on larger partitions. However, speed is not the primary
consideration. NTFS supports significant security and self healing
capabilities that FAT32 cannot do. My C: drive has 42GB of used space and
each partition should have at least 15% free space to allow for temp files
during operations like defragmentation, so one size does not fit all. A lot
of the reasons for partitioning a physical drive have gone away over the
years as file systems are able to handle very large partitions.
"Curt" <no-no@no-time.com> wrote in message
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> OK, it makes sense in the context of a large HD allowing the creation of
> 32+GB partitions. Speaking strictly for myself, I've used both fdisk and
> the XP cd to format and partition. I've not yet found the need for an HD
> larger than 40GB, so either tool works for me. I will say that I was
> ,initially, a bit apprehensive about formatting in NTFS and stuck with
> FAT32 for a couple of months before converting to NTFS. I had read or
> heard that XP ran a bit faster with FAT32. But I really didn't see any
> noticeable slow down with NTFS, so my 3 systems and 2 systems I built for
> family members are all NTFS. Thanks for the info.
>
> --
> Curt
>
> "Rick "Nutcase" Rogers" <rick@mvps.org> wrote in message
> news:%23Wq$gLFrEHA.2788@tk2msftngp13.phx.gbl...
>> Has to do with drive structure and partition alignment, and that most
>> older versions of fdisk do not handle disks beyond 64GB. XP has a
>> perfectly good drive tool included, though if someone insists on going
>> backwards they will need to use fdisk to create a FAT32 partition beyond
>> 32GB and format it.
>>
>> --
>> Best of Luck,
>>
>> Rick Rogers, aka "Nutcase" - Microsoft MVP
>> http://mvp.support.microsoft.com/
>> Associate Expert - WindowsXP Expert Zone
>> www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/expertzone
>> Windows help - www.rickrogers.org
>>
>> "Curt" <no-no@no-time.com> wrote in message
>> news:%23zpuAqBrEHA.3760@TK2MSFTNGP09.phx.gbl...
>>> Rick,
>>>
>>> Why do you say fdisk should not be used with XP?
>>>
>>> --
>>> Curt
>>>
>>>
>>> "Rick "Nutcase" Rogers" <rick@mvps.org> wrote in message
>>> news:e9MXWtArEHA.2544@TK2MSFTNGP10.phx.gbl...
>>>> Hi,
>>>>
>>>> You really shouldn't be using fdisk with WinXP, but what you need to do
>>>> is remove the non-dos partition with it, then create a new FAT32
>>>> primary.
>>>>
>>>> --
>>>> Best of Luck,
>>>>
>>>> Rick Rogers, aka "Nutcase" - Microsoft MVP
>>>> http://mvp.support.microsoft.com/
>>>> Associate Expert - WindowsXP Expert Zone
>>>> www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/expertzone
>>>> Windows help - www.rickrogers.org
>>>>
>>>
>>>
>>
>>
>
>
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