fat32 or ntfs

[NeonGenesis 0]

Originally posted by xStainDx

No, That is incorrect, sending files across your network, will not have any problem. the problem only lives on 9x/ME IF its a physical drive and/or partition in THE SAME system, the 9x/ME parition will NOT see the NTFS Volume. Sending Files over a network is possible.

Alright, excellent, thank you for your help. Now I'm off to go convert to NTFS.

[xWeston 0]

Click this link for info about converting.

http://www.anandtech.com/guides/viewfaq.html?i=81

It shouldnt affect your game performance at all.

http://www.anandtech.com/guides/faqs.html

search there for ntfs.

[Marduk 1]

cool thanks :) I may convert tonight perhaps.

[AgEnTsMiTh 0]

NTSF All the way

Security features

Better compression

Faster and just smart to do.

Only reason you would want to debate this is if you were dual booting with win 98. ME is not even a question because it sucked.

But even then if you were dual booting with win 98 all you would have to do is install it with FAT16 and you would be able to dual boot with 2000 or XP. If you use FAT32 with 98, it will not be compatiable.

Anyone who says NTSF degrades gaming preformance does not know what they are talking about or have an older then dirt video card.

Use NTSF its the ONLY structure you should use.

[Steven 80]

Originally posted by AgEnTsMiTh

NTSF All the way

Security features

Better compression

Faster and just smart to do.

Only reason you would want to debate this is if you were dual booting with win 98. ME is not even a question because it sucked.

But even then if you were dual booting with win 98 all you would have to do is install it with FAT16 and you would be able to dual boot with 2000 or XP. If you use FAT32 with 98, it will not be compatiable.

Anyone who says NTSF degrades gaming preformance does not know what they are talking about or have an older then dirt video card.

Use NTSF its the ONLY structure you should use.

Feeling a bit dislesic? :p

NTFS** ;)

[azazel- 0]

Neither.

Format your disk into as many Fat16 partitions as you can.

[freeza 11]

once you go NTFS you won't ever go back!

[bigmoose 0]

Originally posted by azazel-

Neither.

Format your disk into as many Fat16 partitions as you can.

wonty work on my 100giggeR!

[MulletRobZ 2]

NTFS is recommended and if you're using a Maxtor drive (40GB+) , then you can only use NTFS when installing W2K or WXP.

[cp6un 0]

If you use a decent dual boot program like Acronis OS Selector, then you won't have any problems dual-booting Win9x/WinXP using NTFS...

[Nick198614 0]

Is there any easy way to change from FAT32 to NTFS without reseting Windows XP?

[Stingray 10]

Using Partition Magic 7.0, for example.

[Steven 80]

Originally posted by Nick198614

Is there any easy way to change from FAT32 to NTFS without reseting Windows XP?

Start > Run > CMD.exe

Convert (Drive Letter) /FS:NTFS

[H1REN 0]

FAT32 is good if you have slower :( hard drive

i had 5400 rpm 20 gig and i installed windows on NTFS.

it was slower then FAT32 on that hd.

Hiren.

[Gambito 0]

any real review on the regard please, not just opinions?

[DigitalFreedom 0]

jw, if i ever need to, how can i get back to fat32 just incase, lets say,... i wanna go back to win 98 for sum strange resson, can i go from ntfs to fat32, using cmd, and not partion magic as its not supported in win.net:ninja:

[bigmoose 0]

Originally posted by Gambito

any real review on the regard please, not just opinions?

http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&ie=UTF-...q=fat32+vs+ntfs

GOOGLE is your FRIEND

[Gambito 0]

thank you

[neolander 0]

how many of you using the winxp with ntfs format? currently i am using the winxp in C: with fat32 and win98 with fat32 in D:.......

if i wanna convert the fat32, will i corrupt the win98 in D: ?

what are the advantages if i use the ntfs format?

thanks

[Selecta 0]

i use at home ntfs, at first (win98,dos,winme,win95 and winxp) i used fat32 but i've converted my partitions with partionmagic into ntfs, and its faster than fat32 and more stable!

[Xahid 5,326]

yea, u don't need to convert ur C: partition into NTFS,

if you did, then you can't get access to win98.

if you want to use both O'S, then

C: => Win 98 @ FAT32

D: => Win XP @ NTFS

[neolander 0]

thanks...so many valuable advices.......any precaution should i take before i convert them to ntfs?

[Xahid 5,326]

BackUp or use Partition Magic 8,

PM8 will make your task easier.

[neolander 0]

how abt the games running under ntfs format?

[Xahid 5,326]

Everything will work fine and smooth....