To NTFS or not, that is the question

[Peter]

Hi,

Bruce Chamber wrote:

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.

A little "light" reading, and you can make up your
own mind URLs
may wrap):

Overview of FAT, HPFS, and NTFS File Systems
http://support.microsoft.com/directory/article.asp?
ID=kb;en-us;Q100108

Limitations of FAT32 File System
http://support.microsoft.com/directory/article.asp?
ID=kb;en-us;Q184006

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/treeview/default.asp?
url=/TechNet/prodtechnol/winntas/tips/techrep/filesyst.asp

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

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


Bruce Chambers
Microsoft MVP - Shell/User
http://dts-l.org/goodpost.htm


Peter

>-----Original Message-----
>I apologize for the bad paraphrase. But seriously is
there any advantage
>to convert from Fat 32 to NTFS. I have two hard drives,
both FAT 32 left
>over from when I updated from Win 98 to XP Home. Things
seem to be
>running fine. But I've never been one to leave things
alone. So I would
>apreciate some opinions. If I choose to convert to NTFS
is there a SAFE
>method of doing so without reformatting the drives?
Thanks!
>
>Lee Hancock (remove the spam stopping q in the email
address to respond
>to me directly)
>.
>

[Bruce Chambers]

Greetings --

Guess I should have looked before I replied for myself. ;-}

Bruce Chambers

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"Peter" > wrote in message
...
> Hi,
>
> Bruce Chamber wrote:
>
> 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.
>
> A little "light" reading, and you can make up your
> own mind URLs
> may wrap):
>
> Overview of FAT, HPFS, and NTFS File Systems
> http://support.microsoft.com/directory/article.asp?
> ID=kb;en-us;Q100108
>
> Limitations of FAT32 File System
> http://support.microsoft.com/directory/article.asp?
> ID=kb;en-us;Q184006
>
> 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/treeview/default.asp?
> url=/TechNet/prodtechnol/winntas/tips/techrep/filesyst.asp
>
> FAT & NTFS File Systems in Windows XP
> http://www.aumha.org/a/ntfs.htm
>
> NTFS file system
> http://www.digit-life.com/articles/ntfs/
>
>
> Bruce Chambers
> Microsoft MVP - Shell/User
> http://dts-l.org/goodpost.htm
>
>
> Peter
>