asy1mpo Posted January 20, 2002 Share Posted January 20, 2002 Hi I currently have winXP installed as FAT32. I am thinking about changing this to NTFS. Is it faster?? Will I be able to view my data on my second hard disk which just has data (e.g. MP3s) which is FAT32??? Thanks Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scoob Posted January 20, 2002 Share Posted January 20, 2002 ntfs is bout 20% faster and more secure, yes u can still access files thats the beauty of xp :) i recommnd going to ntfs, all my hd's are ntfs Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
freeza Posted January 20, 2002 Share Posted January 20, 2002 actually ntfs can be a slight performance hit depending on what of its advantages you are using all my drives are ntfs too ;) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zivan56 Posted January 20, 2002 Share Posted January 20, 2002 I would not reccomend it if you have 2 or more os's, because you cant install bootloaders without trouble (except the one for linux, but you cant remove it untill you do a reformat :D ) none of my hd's will ever be NTFS :evil: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
asy1mpo Posted January 20, 2002 Author Share Posted January 20, 2002 thanks i only have winXP - (i used to dual boot ) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scoob Posted January 20, 2002 Share Posted January 20, 2002 then go ntfs! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nexionly Posted January 20, 2002 Share Posted January 20, 2002 It doesn't have to do the scandisk when windows crashes. thank god. mine crashes a lot latley. :ermm: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
greend139 Posted January 21, 2002 Share Posted January 21, 2002 You can fix the Master Boot Record on a win2k/winxp machine without reformating easily. Use the Recovery Console on the win2k/winxp setup cd. You have to boot from the cd to get to it. One of my drives is NTFS and the other is FAT32 so i can r/w to it from linux. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scoob Posted January 21, 2002 Share Posted January 21, 2002 linux no works under ntfs but i suspect newer vers will! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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