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The difference between FAT32 and NTFS |
Fattierob
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|  Posted: 2006-12-03 00:45
I had always toyed with the idea of upgrading my FAT32 drives to NTFS. I had heard it was far superior after all, and allowed encryption and compression (amongst other things)
So what is the difference between a FAT32 drive and NTFS drive?
By just converting my C: drive (40gb- 37.8 actual GB) from FAT32 to NTFS, I gained about 3gb. or 8% of my drive back.
Now as it goes through compression, I wonder how much more space i'll get back. Makes you really wonder how much space is 'wasted' due to old HDD formats. I suggest anybody who still have FAT32 drives convert them to NTFS for a great boost in space. And pick up norton PartitionMagic 8.
PS: Norton Finally made a good product! All I had to do to convert to NTFS was click on three butons! Yes!
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$wiss
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| Posted: 2006-12-03 00:55
Right out of the box I formatted my 320gb external to NTFS. Lost all preinstalled software, but oh well.
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It is better
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From: Philly
| Posted: 2006-12-03 01:27
Its faster, more stable with Windows XP environment, and the security & recovery is more reliable with it.
NTFS!
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Leviatan
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| Posted: 2006-12-03 02:50
NTFS is not properly Linux compatible, so I use NTFS on my WinXP drives and FAT32 on my Linux drives, as both Linux and WinXP can use FAT32, I can transfer files between the drives by meddling around with the FAT32 drive.
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[2006] - Codex09
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| Posted: 2006-12-03 04:43
NTFS is more reliable and as stated in the other posts b4 this one it has a lot of advantages.
If you want to convert your drive from FAT32 to NTFS there should be a util that came with XP which will do it for you without you loosing any of the info you have on the drive. From memory it is called convert. If you type in help convert in the run option it should give you the list of commands.
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-Daedalus-
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| Posted: 2006-12-03 04:46
compression will slow down he performance of your drive.
HD's are cheap these days. Why not just get another drive?
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| Posted: 2006-12-03 05:58
I thought FAT32 was just a discription of the programmer that designed the file system...
my bad
to be honest, all 4 of my HDDs are NTFS, I have never had a complaint
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Fattierob
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| Posted: 2006-12-03 12:36
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compression will slow down he performance of your drive.
HD's are cheap these days. Why not just get another drive?
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I don't compress the more commonly used stuff.
but I don't have any money at all. All of my last games i've gotten, are...how do you say, 'free'
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Glimmer
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| Posted: 2006-12-03 12:43
Haha FAT32 ? I remembr FAT16 !!! But I moved with times I use a Raptor. Reliable & fast.................nice guarantee too.
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Nemain
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| Posted: 2006-12-03 12:45
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PS: Norton Finally made a good product! All I had to do to convert to NTFS was click on three butons! Yes!
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Norton didnt make it. They bought it from PowerQuest. I refuse to use any norton product. I use Powerquest Partitionmagic 8.0
Also, with winXP
Right click My Computer
Click Manage
Click Disk Management
This tool is basically the same as partition magic
[ This Message was edited by: Nemain on 2006-12-03 12:47 ]
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JackCrackerMan
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| Posted: 2006-12-03 12:58
FAT32 is primarily a server file design. It defaults the cluster size of your bytes to be more than that of NTFS (Which you can change with Partition Magic). Also, FAT32 doesn't support drives that are bigger (I don't remember the size  ).
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Ramius
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From: Ramius
| Posted: 2006-12-03 14:34
4 gb I believe.
[ This Message was edited by: Ramisaur on 2006-12-03 14:41 ]
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Ramius
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| Posted: 2006-12-03 14:43
Er, clarification, 4 gb file size is the max on FAT32. Drive size can be up to 8 tb.
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Light-of-Aurora
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| Posted: 2006-12-03 16:32
Hmm.. I have a friend who would like to know this. 
I'm not that computer-savy, so I've never heard of NTFS. :/
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Reeves-81
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| Posted: 2006-12-03 16:49
the NTFS format has been out for 6 or 7 YEARS............ :|
Just learning about it now? Ok. well its better, that is all.
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