NTFS or FAT32? Which is faster?

[yorick]

Hi all,

I have a problem with the installation of windowsxp. I
always have used the fat32 partition at home but i
recently heard a rumor that ntfs is faster than
fat32...is this true? Which one should i use?

Sincerely,

yorick

[Alvin A Brown]

Hello

Use NTFS ok it's much better

Alvin


yorick wrote:

> Hi all,
>
> I have a problem with the installation of windowsxp. I
> always have used the fat32 partition at home but i
> recently heard a rumor that ntfs is faster than
> fat32...is this true? Which one should i use?
>
> Sincerely,
>
> yorick

[Alex Nichol]

yorick wrote:

>
>I have a problem with the installation of windowsxp. I
>always have used the fat32 partition at home but i
>recently heard a rumor that ntfs is faster than
>fat32...is this true? Which one should i use?

There is no hard and fast answer - for my take on considerations see
www.aumha.org/win5/a/ntfs.htm


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Alex Nichol MS MVP (Windows Technologies)
Bournemouth, U.K.