Should I switch to NTFS??

[Al Schwarz]

I recently upgraded from ME to XP Home. My machine is currently FAT32;
should I switch to NTFS? Knowledge Base articles recommend NTFS for any
drive >200M which I think is the overwhelming majority of systems nowadays.

Thanks...Al

[Rick \Nutcase\ Rogers]

Hi Al,

Should you?

That's a matter of personal preference, there's no reason you can't =
continue using FAT32. If you want to take advantage of the security =
features of NTFS, then by all means convert! Personally, I prefer NTFS =
as well, the file system is less prone to errors (but by no means is it =
perfect). Read these articles on the file systems and on converting, =
then make your own decision:

http://aumha.org/a/ntfs.htm
http://aumha.org/a/ntfscvt.htm

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Best of Luck,

Rick Rogers aka "Nutcase" MS-MVP - Win9x
http://mvp.support.microsoft.com/
Associate Expert - WinXP - Expert Zone
www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/expertzone
Win98 Help - www.rickrogers.org

"Al Schwarz" > wrote in message =
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> I recently upgraded from ME to XP Home. My machine is currently FAT32;
> should I switch to NTFS? Knowledge Base articles recommend NTFS for =
any
> drive >200M which I think is the overwhelming majority of systems =
nowadays.
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> Thanks...Al
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[Benny Mathew]

Hi Al,
Check this out.
User Tip #154: Advantages of NTFS over FAT16 / FAT32

http://is-it-true.org/nt/utips/utips154.shtml

Cheers
Benny

"Al Schwarz" > wrote in message
. net...
> I recently upgraded from ME to XP Home. My machine is currently FAT32;
> should I switch to NTFS? Knowledge Base articles recommend NTFS for any
> drive >200M which I think is the overwhelming majority of systems
nowadays.
>
> Thanks...Al
>
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