My personal preference is NTFS because it had much better security
options than FAT32, plus you can have larger file sizes.
If you don't need the security features that NTFS offers, then it's just
personal preference.
Some people say that performance is better on FAT32 drives, but in my
expereince, I have found that any difference is negligable, far
outweighed by the added featurs of NTFS
| Most use NTFS because of security. I would recommend it.
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| Gene K
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| Ksapeta wrote:
| > Which file system is recommeded to use with Windows XP
| > Professional when setting up a new machine (laptop)?
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I would defiantly would go for (and have gone for) NTFS. Greater
stability and security is hard to argue with.
Saying that one of the guys I work with always goes for FAT32 claiming
it to be more efficient but I have never noticd his PC running any
faster than mine!
Of course with the next version of windows apparently will come
"WINFS". So then there will be a whole new debate!
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:
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