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The difference between FAT32 and NTFS |
Fattierob
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Joined: April 25, 2003
Posts: 4059
|  Posted: 2006-12-03 16:55
I knew about it for a long time
I just didn't know how greatly of a difference it is
(i now have 13.2gb, compared to my 6.5 gb from before switching. I have doubled my free space, basically)
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BackSlash
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Joined: March 23, 2003
Posts: 11183
From: Bristol, England
| Posted: 2006-12-03 19:17
NTFS is just a revised version of FAT32. They basicly took a long look at it, and although the concept is the same, the way they went about it is far better. I tend to turn off compression and indexing (I rarely make use of them, and they slow you down in memory heavy games).
You got an extra 3GB from the MFT. FAT32 will save a percentage of your HDD space for the Master File Table, whereas NTFS only creates a certain amount and increases it when it needs more. It also has a vastly superior page file system. It also deals with free space differently (only slightly, but every little helps).
Oh, and you can convert FAT32 > NTFS in Windows, you don't need Norcrap.
Vista has NTFS64, which although is not much difference, 64bit capable processors can go about the same NTFS duties a little quicker.
[ This Message was edited by: BackSlash *Jack* on 2006-12-03 19:21 ]
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