I am using a DVD-RAM drive for archiving data. I was wondering what the
advantages & disadvantages of the various file systems were, in the context
of DVD-RAM?

UDF
FAT32
NTFS

And what format is most commonly used for DVD-RAM media? I'm currently
formatting it as NTFS.
Thanks for the tips.

sydemon

NTFS is the file system used by NT, 2000, XP & 2003 Server

FAT32 is the file system used by Windows 98 & ME

I wrote a 13, 000 word assignment on the differences between NTFS & FAT file
systems.

If you are really that interested in knowing the difference then read the
following articles:

http://www.microsoft.com/resources/d...us/Default.asp
url=/resources/documentation/WindowsServ/2003/all/techref/en-us/W2K3TR_ntfs_intro.asp

http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/de.../base/ntfs.asp

http://www.microsoft.com/technet/arc...eploy/fat.mspx

to show you a fewon FAT & NTFS.

Now, for UDF:
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http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/de...o/base/udf.asp

If you look at the TOC on the left of the above page then you'll have
additional documents regarding the other file systems

I hope this helps

"sydemon" wrote:

> I am using a DVD-RAM drive for archiving data. I was wondering what the
> advantages & disadvantages of the various file systems were, in the context
> of DVD-RAM?
>
> UDF
> FAT32
> NTFS
>
> And what format is most commonly used for DVD-RAM media? I'm currently
> formatting it as NTFS.
> Thanks for the tips.
>
> sydemon
>
>
>
>