NTS v FAT32 ??

[Terry]

Win98SE at present
I am about to install Widows 2000 pro on my end user PC, but beg the
question as to which FILE system to adopt....NTS (default) or as my current
one FAT32.

Is there anywhere I may compare the 2 systems please.....all the pro's and
cons.?

One important feature ............>> is one system files uncompattible with
the other, on different PC's etc.

TIA

 

[Guest]

NTFS better than FAT32

for detail, please refer to web link as below:

http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-
us;310525

 

[Guest]

NTFS better than FAT32
For detail, please refer to web link as below:
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-
us;310525

NTFS has more security.....

 

[Dave Patrick]

NTFS is the native file system of Windows 2000.

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:
| Win98SE at present
| I am about to install Widows 2000 pro on my end user PC, but beg the
| question as to which FILE system to adopt....NTS (default) or as my
current
| one FAT32.
|
| Is there anywhere I may compare the 2 systems please.....all the pro's and
| cons.?
|
| One important feature ............>> is one system files uncompattible
with
| the other, on different PC's etc.
|
| TIA
|
|

 

[Rick]

Win98SE at present
I am about to install Widows 2000 pro on my end user PC, but beg the
question as to which FILE system to adopt....NTS (default) or as my current
one FAT32.

Is there anywhere I may compare the 2 systems please.....all the pro's and
cons.?

One important feature ............>> is one system files uncompattible with
the other, on different PC's etc.

Win98 can read FAT32 volumes but cannot read nor use NTFS
volumes.

FAT32 limits individual file sizes to 4GB. If that's not a problem,
and you don't need NTFS's file security, and you won't be putting
thousands of files in individual folders, use FAT32 instead of NTFS.
It's easier to recover from boot problems and system corruption,
and your volume(s) can be read by Win98 and other operating
systems.

Rick

 

[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. While a couple of the
links below refer to WinXP, the information is still quite accurate
for Win2K, as well.

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

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


Bruce Chambers
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