FAT32 and NTFS

[SDR]

I am into Video editing and I have been asked to reformat my
partitions on the second drives to NTFS. Both are FAT32 at present.

Question is: What advantage will I gain to go for NTFS and can I run
1st drive as FAT32 and second as NTFS?

 

[Wesley VogelX]

NTFS vs. FAT: Which Is Right for You?
http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/expertzone/columns/russel/october01.asp

 

[Bruce Chambers]

Greetings --

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 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/directory/article.asp?ID=kb;en-us;Q314463

Choosing Between File Systems
http://www.microsoft.com/technet/tr...prodtechnol/winntas/tips/techrep/filesyst.asp

You can safely convert your hard drive to NTFS whenever desired,
without having to format the partition and reinstall everything. As
always when performing any serious changes, back up any important data
before proceeding, just in case. A little advance preparation is also
strongly recommended, so you can avoid any performance hits caused by
the default cluster size:

Converting FAT32 to NTFS in Windows
http://www.aumha.org/a/ntfscvt.htm

WinXP can read FAT12 (the file system used on 3.5" diskettes),
FAT16, FAT32, CDFS (the file system used on most CDs), and NTFS with
equal facility. Further, the file system on any one disk/partition or
diskette has absolutely no affect upon the operating system's ability
to read other compatible file systems on other disks/partitions.


Bruce Chambers

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[Alex Nichol]

I am into Video editing and I have been asked to reformat my
partitions on the second drives to NTFS. Both are FAT32 at present.

Question is: What advantage will I gain to go for NTFS and can I run
1st drive as FAT32 and second as NTFS?

For this purpose, the fact that you can have a file bigger than 4GB in
NTFS, but not in FAT 32; and yes you can mix. See
www.aumha.org/win5/a/ntfs.htm

 

[Tecknomage]

I am into Video editing and I have been asked to reformat my
partitions on the second drives to NTFS. Both are FAT32 at present.

What asked you to reformat to NTFS, WinXP or your video editing app?

If it was the app, tell it to go where the sun don't shine,
figuratively of course.

Question is: What advantage will I gain to go for NTFS and can I run
1st drive as FAT32 and second as NTFS?

None. You should stick with one file system for all your drives.

On FAT32 vs NTFS in general, if you go the MS WinXP Knowledge Base and
search for FAT32 or NTFS or "file system" one of the articles you get
back should be an explanation of each. You can also do a Goggle
search for [FAT32 NTFS] and get even more. Regardless, you should not
use different file systems.



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[John E. Carty]

What asked you to reformat to NTFS, WinXP or your video editing app?

If it was the app, tell it to go where the sun don't shine,
figuratively of course.



None. You should stick with one file system for all your drives.

Not if you need to have a multi-boot system that uses one of the Win 9.x
line

On FAT32 vs NTFS in general, if you go the MS WinXP Knowledge Base and
search for FAT32 or NTFS or "file system" one of the articles you get
back should be an explanation of each. You can also do a Goggle
search for [FAT32 NTFS] and get even more.

Regardless, you should not use different file systems.

Unless of course you have a need to use different file systems

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[Alex Nichol]

What asked you to reformat to NTFS, WinXP or your video editing app?

If it was the app, tell it to go where the sun don't shine,
figuratively of course.


None. You should stick with one file system for all your drives.

The advantage - at least potentially - in Video editing is that NTFS
supports files of effectively unlimited size while FAT 32 has an
absolute upper limit of just under 4GB. And it is not true that you
should not mix file systems in different partitions of the same machine.
Read up at www.aumha.org/win5/a/ntfs.htm