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hi ed,
do you know of any reasons why one shouldn't use ntfs? the reason i'm asking is because i remember reading that you could store more data on a drive in ntfs format than one that is fat32. thanks indera "Ed Bigelow" wrote in message ink.net... It's much easier to convert to NTFS than from NTFS to FAT32. Recovery programs (unless I'm out-of-date) aren't happy with NTFS. "Tuncel Sunar" wrote in message news I have an Acer TravelMate 800LCI Centrino 1.3 GHz, 40GB w/ 512MB Ram. XP-Home and XP-Office are installed. I have set up my home network w/ belkin router between the laptop w/ mentioned configuration and a desktop w/ AMD Athlon 800Mhz, 20GB, 512 MB Win98 SE connecting wireless and wired respectively. Laptop's HD is currently formatted as Fat32. I am considering to convert to NTFS since Windows help states that it is a better one. Just wondering if anyone w/ FAt32 converted to NTFS. Windows help says files will remain intact after conversion, however I want to be sure of it. Are there any disadvantages of doing so? Do I have to set up network again? etc... Any insight is highly appreciated. Thx, -- Tuncel Sunar PS: To send email, REMOVE "NOSPAM" from the email address. |
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Dr. Indera wrote: hi ed, do you know of any reasons why one shouldn't use ntfs? the reason i'm asking is because i remember reading that you could store more data on a drive in ntfs format than one that is fat32. Detailed FAQ he http://www.anandtech.com/guides/viewfaq.html?i=63 Phil |
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IF an NTFS drive gets screwed up, repairing it can be extremely
difficult to impossible. I've seen people locked out of their own computer with an NTFS drive when nothing was wrong but when the password was simply forgotten or somehow inadvertently changed. NTFS securty is very good (hard to break, that is) and that's fine in applications in which you need that security, but on a "home" system that can become a two-edged sword. NTFS proponents will argue that things "go wrong" with NTFS drives less frequently. That's an arguable point, I'm not sure that I buy it. As to storage efficiency and speed, those depend too much on the applications involved and the types applications being used and files being stored. In any case neither difference is significant in either direction. I use NTFS when I need the security (encryption and/or access permissions), or where I need either large files (greater than 2 gigs) or large partitions (greater than 32 gigs). Otherwise I use FAT32. Dr. Indera wrote: hi ed, do you know of any reasons why one shouldn't use ntfs? the reason i'm asking is because i remember reading that you could store more data on a drive in ntfs format than one that is fat32. thanks indera "Ed Bigelow" wrote in message ink.net... It's much easier to convert to NTFS than from NTFS to FAT32. Recovery programs (unless I'm out-of-date) aren't happy with NTFS. "Tuncel Sunar" wrote in message news I have an Acer TravelMate 800LCI Centrino 1.3 GHz, 40GB w/ 512MB Ram. XP-Home and XP-Office are installed. I have set up my home network w/ belkin router between the laptop w/ mentioned configuration and a desktop w/ AMD Athlon 800Mhz, 20GB, 512 MB Win98 SE connecting wireless and wired respectively. Laptop's HD is currently formatted as Fat32. I am considering to convert to NTFS since Windows help states that it is a better one. Just wondering if anyone w/ FAt32 converted to NTFS. Windows help says files will remain intact after conversion, however I want to be sure of it. Are there any disadvantages of doing so? Do I have to set up network again? etc... Any insight is highly appreciated. Thx, -- Tuncel Sunar PS: To send email, REMOVE "NOSPAM" from the email address. |
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wow phil,
this is great info! thank you so much. "Phil" wrote in message ... Dr. Indera wrote: hi ed, do you know of any reasons why one shouldn't use ntfs? the reason i'm asking is because i remember reading that you could store more data on a drive in ntfs format than one that is fat32. Detailed FAQ he http://www.anandtech.com/guides/viewfaq.html?i=63 Phil |
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barry,
this is very interesting. i do remember once that all of a sudden i didn't have rights to any of the web site files that i built even though i am the only user and am using the administrator logon account. it took a while to figure out what the problem was. i never had that problem under fat32. hmmmmm, being the only user, i'm not sure that i have a need for any security features, unless it helps keep hackers away smile the most robust packages that i use are visual studio.net, photoshop and dreamweaver. some of my ms word documents are 20 mb i write technical documentation with screen shots thank you. this is very informative. indera "Barry Watzman" wrote in message ... IF an NTFS drive gets screwed up, repairing it can be extremely difficult to impossible. I've seen people locked out of their own computer with an NTFS drive when nothing was wrong but when the password was simply forgotten or somehow inadvertently changed. NTFS securty is very good (hard to break, that is) and that's fine in applications in which you need that security, but on a "home" system that can become a two-edged sword. NTFS proponents will argue that things "go wrong" with NTFS drives less frequently. That's an arguable point, I'm not sure that I buy it. As to storage efficiency and speed, those depend too much on the applications involved and the types applications being used and files being stored. In any case neither difference is significant in either direction. I use NTFS when I need the security (encryption and/or access permissions), or where I need either large files (greater than 2 gigs) or large partitions (greater than 32 gigs). Otherwise I use FAT32. Dr. Indera wrote: hi ed, do you know of any reasons why one shouldn't use ntfs? the reason i'm asking is because i remember reading that you could store more data on a drive in ntfs format than one that is fat32. thanks indera |
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