Should we use FAT32 for file storage, and NTFS should be used for
windows installation ONLY? I want to put data files in different
partition. The question is should I use NTFS or FAT32 file system for
file storage? When I do the partition, I can still use NTFS for file
storage. But FAT32 cannot be used for windows installation? Does it
make any differences? What are the advantages?


please advise. thanks!!

NTFS is the only way to go. Microsoft has placed limits in XP for FAT32.

Here are the most noticeable ones:

1) FAT32 partitions are limited to 32GB, when formatted directly in XP.
2) Files must have a file size less then or equal to 4GB. Problems will
occur when a files is greater than 4GB (I do not know since I do not have
any file greater than 4GB and all my partitions are NTFS).

The only advantage of using FAT32 is if you still multi-boot with an older
Windows 9x / ME version. You will then be able to "shared" the data between
the different Windows version since Windows 9x/ME do not access NTFS
partitions.


<(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
news:(E-Mail Removed)...
> Should we use FAT32 for file storage, and NTFS should be used for
> windows installation ONLY? I want to put data files in different
> partition. The question is should I use NTFS or FAT32 file system for
> file storage? When I do the partition, I can still use NTFS for file
> storage. But FAT32 cannot be used for windows installation? Does it
> make any differences? What are the advantages?
>
>
> please advise. thanks!!
>

NTFS is the native file system of Windows NT/2000/XP/2003 and is always
recommended.


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<(E-Mail Removed)> wrote:
| Should we use FAT32 for file storage, and NTFS should be used for
| windows installation ONLY? I want to put data files in different
| partition. The question is should I use NTFS or FAT32 file system for
| file storage? When I do the partition, I can still use NTFS for file
| storage. But FAT32 cannot be used for windows installation? Does it
| make any differences? What are the advantages?
|
|
| please advise. thanks!!
|

You do not provide enough information and you have cross posted to three
different operating system newsgroups. What system or systems are you
using? As you may know, W98 cannot see NTFS partitions so that will figure
in to what you are trying to do.

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<(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
news:(E-Mail Removed)...
> Should we use FAT32 for file storage, and NTFS should be used for
> windows installation ONLY? I want to put data files in different
> partition. The question is should I use NTFS or FAT32 file system for
> file storage? When I do the partition, I can still use NTFS for file
> storage. But FAT32 cannot be used for windows installation? Does it
> make any differences? What are the advantages?
>
>
> please advise. thanks!!
>

In news:(E-Mail Removed),
(E-Mail Removed) <(E-Mail Removed)> typed:

> Should we use FAT32 for file storage, and NTFS should be used
> for
> windows installation ONLY?


In my view NTFS is the more robust file system and should always
be used when you have the choice.


> I want to put data files in different
> partition. The question is should I use NTFS or FAT32 file
> system for
> file storage?


NTFS.


> When I do the partition, I can still use NTFS for file
> storage. But FAT32 cannot be used for windows installation?


No, that's not correct. You can use either. The only restriction
on FAT32 is that Windows XP can not create a FAT32 partition
larger than 32GB (however it will happily use one if you first
create it externally).


> Does it
> make any differences? What are the advantages?


To me the only good reason for using FAT32 is in a situation
where you have to locally share the drove/partition with a
non-NTFS-aware operating system.

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Please reply to the newsgroup

Give this a go.

http://www.sysinternals.com/Utilitie...Windows98.html

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"Ron Badour" wrote:
<snip>
As you may know, W98 cannot see NTFS partitions so that will figure
| in to what you are trying to do.
<snip>
| --
| Regards
|
|
| Ron Badour, MS MVP for W98
| Tips: http://home.satx.rr.com/badour
| Knowledge Base Info:
| http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?pr=kbinfo
|
|
|
| <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
| news:(E-Mail Removed)...
| > Should we use FAT32 for file storage, and NTFS should be used for
| > windows installation ONLY? I want to put data files in different
| > partition. The question is should I use NTFS or FAT32 file system for
| > file storage? When I do the partition, I can still use NTFS for file
| > storage. But FAT32 cannot be used for windows installation? Does it
| > make any differences? What are the advantages?
| >
| >
| > please advise. thanks!!
| >
|
|

Just a small correction on your post.. your second point is not a limitation
that Microsoft has put in Windows XP for FAT32, it is a limitation of the
file system regardless of what OS FAT32 is used under.



--
Gary Tsang
Microsoft MVP - Windows XP Shell/User
http://www.microsoft.com/mvp


"Yves Leclerc" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
news:(E-Mail Removed)...
> NTFS is the only way to go. Microsoft has placed limits in XP for FAT32.
>
> Here are the most noticeable ones:
>
> 1) FAT32 partitions are limited to 32GB, when formatted directly in XP.
> 2) Files must have a file size less then or equal to 4GB. Problems will
> occur when a files is greater than 4GB (I do not know since I do not have
> any file greater than 4GB and all my partitions are NTFS).
>
> The only advantage of using FAT32 is if you still multi-boot with an older
> Windows 9x / ME version. You will then be able to "shared" the data
> between the different Windows version since Windows 9x/ME do not access
> NTFS partitions.
>
>
> <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
> news:(E-Mail Removed)...
>> Should we use FAT32 for file storage, and NTFS should be used for
>> windows installation ONLY? I want to put data files in different
>> partition. The question is should I use NTFS or FAT32 file system for
>> file storage? When I do the partition, I can still use NTFS for file
>> storage. But FAT32 cannot be used for windows installation? Does it
>> make any differences? What are the advantages?
>>
>>
>> please advise. thanks!!
>>
>
>

In news:(E-Mail Removed),
Gary Tsang <(E-Mail Removed)> typed:

> Just a small correction on your post.. your second point is not
> a
> limitation that Microsoft has put in Windows XP for FAT32, it
> is a
> limitation of the file system regardless of what OS FAT32 is
> used
> under.


And another correction: It is not true that "Problems will occur
when a files is greater than 4GB." You simply can *not* create a
FAT32 file larger than 4GB.

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Please reply to the newsgroup



> "Yves Leclerc" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
> news:(E-Mail Removed)...
>> NTFS is the only way to go. Microsoft has placed limits in XP
>> for
>> FAT32. Here are the most noticeable ones:
>>
>> 1) FAT32 partitions are limited to 32GB, when formatted
>> directly in
>> XP. 2) Files must have a file size less then or equal to 4GB.
>> Problems will occur when a files is greater than 4GB (I do not
>> know
>> since I do not have any file greater than 4GB and all my
>> partitions
>> are NTFS). The only advantage of using FAT32 is if you still
>> multi-boot with an
>> older Windows 9x / ME version. You will then be able to
>> "shared"
>> the data between the different Windows version since Windows
>> 9x/ME
>> do not access NTFS partitions.
>>
>>
>> <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
>> news:(E-Mail Removed)...
>>> Should we use FAT32 for file storage, and NTFS should be used
>>> for
>>> windows installation ONLY? I want to put data files in
>>> different
>>> partition. The question is should I use NTFS or FAT32 file
>>> system
>>> for file storage? When I do the partition, I can still use
>>> NTFS for
>>> file storage. But FAT32 cannot be used for windows
>>> installation?
>>> Does it make any differences? What are the advantages?
>>>
>>>
>>> please advise. thanks!!

I'm aware of that site; however, they no longer sell the driver that allows
writing--the free one is read only. I think that if possible, the PC should
be set up so that it will operate properly without the driver. Just my
opinion however.
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Regards


Ron Badour, MS MVP for W98
Tips: http://home.satx.rr.com/badour
Knowledge Base Info:
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?pr=kbinfo



"Dave Patrick" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
news:(E-Mail Removed)...
> Give this a go.
>
> http://www.sysinternals.com/Utilitie...Windows98.html
>
> --
> Regards,
>
> Dave Patrick ....Please no email replies - reply in newsgroup.
> Microsoft Certified Professional
> Microsoft MVP [Windows]
> http://www.microsoft.com/protect
>
> "Ron Badour" wrote:
> <snip>
> As you may know, W98 cannot see NTFS partitions so that will figure
> | in to what you are trying to do.
> <snip>
> | --
> | Regards
> |
> |
> | Ron Badour, MS MVP for W98
> | Tips: http://home.satx.rr.com/badour
> | Knowledge Base Info:
> | http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?pr=kbinfo
> |
> |
> |
> | <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
> | news:(E-Mail Removed)...
> | > Should we use FAT32 for file storage, and NTFS should be used for
> | > windows installation ONLY? I want to put data files in different
> | > partition. The question is should I use NTFS or FAT32 file system for
> | > file storage? When I do the partition, I can still use NTFS for file
> | > storage. But FAT32 cannot be used for windows installation? Does it
> | > make any differences? What are the advantages?
> | >
> | >
> | > please advise. thanks!!
> | >
> |
> |
>
>

(E-Mail Removed) wrote:
> Should we use FAT32 for file storage, and NTFS should be used for
> windows installation ONLY? I want to put data files in different
> partition. The question is should I use NTFS or FAT32 file system for
> file storage? When I do the partition, I can still use NTFS for file
> storage. But FAT32 cannot be used for windows installation? Does it
> make any differences? What are the advantages?
>
>
> please advise. thanks!!
>


Personally, I wouldn't even consider using FAT32 when NTFS is an
option. FAT32 has no security capabilities, no compression
capabilities, no fault tolerance, and a lot of wasted hard drive space
on volumes larger than 8 Gb in size. But your computing needs may
vary, and there is no hard and fast answer.

To answer your questions without getting too technical is
difficult, but has been handled quite well by the late Alex Nichol in
the article here:

FAT & NTFS File Systems in Windows XP
http://www.aumha.org/a/ntfs.htm

Somewhat more technical information is here:

Limitations of the FAT32 File System in Windows XP
http://support.microsoft.com/directo...;en-us;Q314463

Choosing Between File Systems
http://www.microsoft.com/technet/tre...p/filesyst.asp

NTFS file system
http://www.digit-life.com/articles/ntfs/


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