FAT 32 or NTFS?

[Gene Brabston]

When installing windows xp on a hard drive, which file system do I want?
FAT 32 or NTFS? Advantages vs. Disadvantages?

thanks,

gene brabston

[Rick \Nutcase\ Rogers]

Hi Gene,

This may help you decide:
http://aumha.org/win5/a/ntfs.htm

Personally, I would go with NTFS unless you are dual booting with a =
Win9x partition and want to have shared access to any one particular =
drive.
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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

"Gene Brabston" > wrote in message =
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want?
> FAT 32 or NTFS? Advantages vs. Disadvantages?
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> thanks,
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> gene brabston
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[Danny Blue]

Check this site for an opinion:
http://www.microsoft.com/whdc/hwdev/tech/storage/ntfs-preinstall.mspx

"Gene Brabston" > wrote in message
news:3DZDa.39313$d51.91540@sccrnsc01...
> When installing windows xp on a hard drive, which file system do I want?
> FAT 32 or NTFS? Advantages vs. Disadvantages?
>
> thanks,
>
> gene brabston
>
>

[Mathiau]

NTFS - more secure and less prone to corruption and better for larger
HD's. - down side - recovery if your cna not boot up as dos does not read
NTFS - but i know u can get dos apps that will read ntfs.

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"Danny Blue" > wrote in message
...
> Check this site for an opinion:
> http://www.microsoft.com/whdc/hwdev/tech/storage/ntfs-preinstall.mspx
>
> "Gene Brabston" > wrote in message
> news:3DZDa.39313$d51.91540@sccrnsc01...
> > When installing windows xp on a hard drive, which file system do I want?
> > FAT 32 or NTFS? Advantages vs. Disadvantages?
> >
> > thanks,
> >
> > gene brabston
> >
> >
>
>

[Joseph Conway \(MSFT\)]

I would go with NTFS unless you need access from a Win9x machine. Its more
secure and offers larger the ability to see larger drives as one volume.

--
Joseph W. Conway, MCSE
Windows 9x/NT/2000/2003 Server Group

This posting is provided "AS IS" with no warranties, and confers no rights.

"Gene Brabston" > wrote in message
news:3DZDa.39313$d51.91540@sccrnsc01...
> When installing windows xp on a hard drive, which file system do I want?
> FAT 32 or NTFS? Advantages vs. Disadvantages?
>
> thanks,
>
> gene brabston
>
>

[Bruce Chambers]

Greetings --

Why ".... unless you need access from a Win9x machine... ?"

The file systems on the various computers communicating over a
network are completely irrelevant, as none of the individual
computers' operating systems ever directly access the other computers'
hard drives. Instead, a computer sends a "request," if you will, for
the desired data, and the operating system of the host ("receiving")
computer accesses its own hard drive (whose file system it obviously
can read) and then sends that data back to the requesting computer as
neutral packets of information that are completely independent of the
file systems on the respective computers. After all, don't you use a
Windows-based PC (whether it's FAT32 or NTFS) to access data stored on
the Internet's mostly Unix servers, which use a completely different
file system?


Bruce Chambers

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"Joseph Conway (MSFT)" > wrote in message
...
> I would go with NTFS unless you need access from a Win9x machine.
Its more
> secure and offers larger the ability to see larger drives as one
volume.
>
> --
> Joseph W. Conway, MCSE
> Windows 9x/NT/2000/2003 Server Group
>
> This posting is provided "AS IS" with no warranties, and confers no
rights.
>
> "Gene Brabston" > wrote in message
> news:3DZDa.39313$d51.91540@sccrnsc01...
> > When installing windows xp on a hard drive, which file system do I
want?
> > FAT 32 or NTFS? Advantages vs. Disadvantages?
> >
> > thanks,
> >
> > gene brabston
> >
> >
>
>

[Silly You]

"Joseph Conway (MSFT)" > wrote in message =
...
> I would go with NTFS unless you need access from a Win9x machine. Its =
more
> secure and offers larger the ability to see larger drives as one =
volume.
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> --=20
> Joseph W. Conway, MCSE
> Windows 9x/NT/2000/2003 Server Group

Tell me that the MSCE in your sig is just a joke, with the statement you =
made in your reply to the OP?

[Joseph Conway \(MSFT\)]

I wasnt trying to imply that at all, I meant if he planned on having 9x on a
partition on THIS drive and 2k/XP/2k3 on another partition on THIS drive
that he would have issues getting data from the NTFS volume on THIS drive in
Windows 9x. Sorry that wasnt clearer to everyone.

--
Joseph W. Conway, MCSE
Windows 9x/NT/2000/2003 Server Group

This posting is provided "AS IS" with no warranties, and confers no rights.

"Bruce Chambers" > wrote in message
...
> Greetings --
>
> Why ".... unless you need access from a Win9x machine... ?"
>
> The file systems on the various computers communicating over a
> network are completely irrelevant, as none of the individual
> computers' operating systems ever directly access the other computers'
> hard drives. Instead, a computer sends a "request," if you will, for
> the desired data, and the operating system of the host ("receiving")
> computer accesses its own hard drive (whose file system it obviously
> can read) and then sends that data back to the requesting computer as
> neutral packets of information that are completely independent of the
> file systems on the respective computers. After all, don't you use a
> Windows-based PC (whether it's FAT32 or NTFS) to access data stored on
> the Internet's mostly Unix servers, which use a completely different
> file system?
>
>
> Bruce Chambers
>
> Help us help you:
> http://dts-l.org/goodpost.htm
> http://www.catb.org/~esr/faqs/smart-questions.html
> ----
> You can have peace. Or you can have freedom. Don't ever count on
> having both at once. -- RAH
>
>
> "Joseph Conway (MSFT)" > wrote in message
> ...
> > I would go with NTFS unless you need access from a Win9x machine.
> Its more
> > secure and offers larger the ability to see larger drives as one
> volume.
> >
> > --
> > Joseph W. Conway, MCSE
> > Windows 9x/NT/2000/2003 Server Group
> >
> > This posting is provided "AS IS" with no warranties, and confers no
> rights.
> >
> > "Gene Brabston" > wrote in message
> > news:3DZDa.39313$d51.91540@sccrnsc01...
> > > When installing windows xp on a hard drive, which file system do I
> want?
> > > FAT 32 or NTFS? Advantages vs. Disadvantages?
> > >
> > > thanks,
> > >
> > > gene brabston
> > >
> > >
> >
> >
>
>

[Joseph Conway \(MSFT\)]

Not that its worth feeding the trolls at this point but, the original post
was:

When installing windows xp on a hard drive, which file system do I want?
FAT 32 or NTFS? Advantages vs. Disadvantages?

A disadvantage of NTFS is that it cannot be accessed locally by a FAT32
volume when booted into that volume. That was the point I was trying to
make albeit in a somewhat confusing manner.

As for the MCSE comment, I dont think that warrants a response. Have a good
weekend.

--
Joseph W. Conway, MCSE
Windows 9x/NT/2000/2003 Server Group

This posting is provided "AS IS" with no warranties, and confers no rights.

"Silly You" <@> wrote in message
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"Joseph Conway (MSFT)" > wrote in message
...
> I would go with NTFS unless you need access from a Win9x machine. Its
more
> secure and offers larger the ability to see larger drives as one volume.
>
> --
> Joseph W. Conway, MCSE
> Windows 9x/NT/2000/2003 Server Group

Tell me that the MSCE in your sig is just a joke, with the statement you
made in your reply to the OP?

[Silly You]

"Joseph Conway (MSFT)" > wrote in message =
...

> Not that its worth feeding the trolls at this point but, the original =
post
> was: """"When installing windows xp on a hard drive, which file system =
do I
want? FAT 32 or NTFS? Advantages vs. Disadvantages?""""

Bwahahahahahaha, of course it was, but you digressed from that with this =
****----->

<snipped lame excuse about the OP's query>

> I would go with NTFS unless you need access from a Win9x machine. Its =
more
> secure and offers larger the ability to see larger drives as one =
volume.

Bwahahahahahahahaha; you've been caught! Your techno-crap remark above =
has absolutely nothing to do with machines separate from another having =
the ability to see data on their drives through a network, which you =
suggest above.

[Joseph Conway \(MSFT\)]

Thanks for teaching me a useful language lesson Silly You. I will make sure
that I am more clear in the future.

--
Joseph W. Conway, MCSE
Windows 9x/NT/2000/2003 Server Group

This posting is provided "AS IS" with no warranties, and confers no rights.

"Silly You" <@> wrote in message
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"Joseph Conway (MSFT)" > wrote in message
...

> Not that its worth feeding the trolls at this point but, the original post
> was: """"When installing windows xp on a hard drive, which file system do
I
want? FAT 32 or NTFS? Advantages vs. Disadvantages?""""

Bwahahahahahaha, of course it was, but you digressed from that with this
****----->

<snipped lame excuse about the OP's query>

> I would go with NTFS unless you need access from a Win9x machine. Its
more
> secure and offers larger the ability to see larger drives as one volume.

Bwahahahahahahahaha; you've been caught! Your techno-crap remark above has
absolutely nothing to do with machines separate from another having the
ability to see data on their drives through a network, which you suggest
above.

[Silly You]

"Joseph Conway (MSFT)" > wrote in message =
...

Joseph W. Conway, MCSE
Windows 9x/NT/2000/2003 Server Group (note no XP)
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