fat32 or ntfs

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i have just brought an acer laptop and was surprised to find that the
file system is fat32. the laptop has a card reader and infa red comms but
no floppy drive is this the reason. should i convert to ntfs.
yours martin

 

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Hi,

You can if you want, though there is no reason to if you are happy with the
system as is, and have no need for the security features that rely on NTFS.
If you decide to do it, read the caveats here first:
http://aumha.org/win5/a/ntfscvt.htm

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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

"Martin Clapton" <m.clapton@ntlworld.com> wrote in message
news:MPG.1c353b30627e1f3a989681@news.ntlworld.com...
>i have just brought an acer laptop and was surprised to find that the
> file system is fat32. the laptop has a card reader and infa red comms but
> no floppy drive is this the reason. should i convert to ntfs.
> yours martin

 

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"Martin Clapton" <m.clapton@ntlworld.com> wrote in message
news:MPG.1c353b30627e1f3a989681@news.ntlworld.com...
>i have just brought an acer laptop and was surprised to find that the
> file system is fat32. the laptop has a card reader and infa red comms but
> no floppy drive is this the reason. should i convert to ntfs.
> yours martin


NTFS is where the security is.