Which filesystem in XP?

#1 jjaaskel

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Posted 22 August 2001 - 10:57 PM

Which one I should use: FAT32 or NTFS?

At least in win2k FAT32 seems to be faster (for me and many others said same) in normal use, but what is situation in Windows XP?

Br, juha

#2 Brian Frank

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Posted 23 August 2001 - 12:24 AM

NTFS is more secure, so if that's a concern, NTFS is the only way to go. I've tried both methods and I can't tell a difference. NTFS slows things down very little, but not enough that you can tell at all.
FAT32 is fine too. For home usage, NTFS is unnecessary, but businesses or places requiring security, NTFS is a must.

#3 FatFish

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Posted 23 August 2001 - 02:44 PM

NTFS is the way to go.
It supports file size over 2G, compression, encrption, NTFS permission...etc

#4 Deviant

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Posted 23 August 2001 - 04:49 PM

Yes ,I agree ...
NTFS Rulez

NTFS permission
No need to run scandisk at all
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Regards
D.

#5 AndyFair

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Posted 29 August 2001 - 07:34 PM

That's the clincher - NTFS is a more stable filesystem than FAT, and it's more difficult to screw the whole hard drive as the result of a crash - so I always use NTFS, even on my home PCs, for safety's sake!

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#6 isochar

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Posted 29 August 2001 - 10:06 PM

One thing that people DO NOT mention is that NTFS is a hard drive hog. It easily brings IDE drives to their knees, and even occassionally shows my X15-36LP who's boss.

Other than that, it's excellent.

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Posted 29 August 2001 - 10:26 PM

I have never found it to be a hog myself. And in fact, I have preferred its performance over FAT32 in speed and durability. The MFT does take up a fair amount of space (like 12% by default) though, but that's never been an issue for me either.