Q: Just wondering if I should install Windows XP as NTFS, is it worth for me to redo because I have formatted as FAT32
Re:Me likey NTFS! If for no other reason, journalling (sp?)!
Re:20% of my rigs are now NTFS, and I see 100% in the near future.
Re:Please read the FAQs:
FAT32 vs NTFS (http://www.{$MySite}/guides/viewfaq.html?i=63)
How do I convert from FAT32 to NTFS? (http://www.{$MySite}/guides/viewfaq.html?i=81)
Using FAT32 and NTFS on the same system (http://www.{$MySite}/guides/viewfaq.html?i=94)
Re:NTFS is superior to fat32 imho, I have a 40 GB GXP60 and with fat 32 my cluster size was something like 32k (dunno 4sure anymore it's a while ago) and now it's 4k (meaning smaller files will have less unused room)
I had a 15 % slack (measured with sandra 2001)
now I have 3 % slack
(slack is unavailable room on the harddisk because of directories and leftover space in a cluster)
(I might be messing cluster up with another term, but the general point is that NTFS is more effective at using large partitions (over 20 GB or so)
EDIT :
I forgot NTFS has one big disadvantage, it has not much backwards compatibility, u cannot run dos, or win9x on an NTFS partition, so if you are dualbooting then u have to use FAT32 if u want to have access to your disc from 9x or dos
Re:The main thing I like about NTFS over FAT32 is it includes journaling. No more scandisk on reboot after a crash. Also, NTFS is able to compress individual directories and files, and handle larger partitions than FAT32.
Re:I would not worry to much about it, unless you want stuff like file level security, disk quotas, or encryption. NTFS won't help system performance much. You can always go to NTFS in the future without reintalling, but you can't go back to fat32.
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