Ntfs Or FAT32, Why?

[khattam_]

Which type of file system do you use in your computer and why?? Please let me know. I dont know the differences in them. Please let me know.

I think FAT32 is the best, even for XP because we can boot into the computer with the help of a 98 bootable floppy and recover the important files even if the system crashes........... Moreover, it is necessary for dual boot with FAT32 requiring system (eg. Win 98).

What do you think?? Please let me know.

 

[rachitboom2]

No,
I sill think NTFS is the best in terms of a few things more then FAT 32.

 

[Nemesis]

already discussed in the following threads:

*thinkdigit.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=6773&highlight=fat32+ntfs
*www.thinkdigit.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=4559&highlight=fat32+ntfs
*www.thinkdigit.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=7300&highlight=ntfs+fat32

plz search b4 posting

 

[rajkumar_personal]

Edit by Deep : Mind your language dude...

More instances like this may lead to ban...

 

[jay4u]

How can u possibly stick to FAT32. No encryption. No lagre file handling and no large drive sizes. Error prone, Stinky scandisk, Less reliability, Less features.

Its like u stilll wanted to stay with our good old 98 SE and that's the only reason why u want FAT32. To answer all your Qs?

1. XP runs faster on NTFS than FAT32
2. Win 98 SE is officially dead. So no need to run after it
3. U an recover file in case of System crashes using NTFS also. If your folder is encrypted then you may not be able to. But for that also there are alternative methods........

 

[Nemesis]

You stinkin' old fool....................
NTFS is beter than most of the other file systems bcoz of its security and better struct. and millions of more reasons !

dont fling personal attacks at other forum members....

 

[hafees]

Yes NTFS is best. if u want then keep one small partition say 2 GB for FAT32 (may be a primary partition so that u can install Win 98 there)

 

[Deep]

I am locking this thread..as it has been discussed before..you may check the links provided by Nemesis

Deep

 

[khattam_]

Common this thread even contains a fantastic poll
And i now agree that Ntfs is better. I converted all of them (except my Pagefile Drives) to Ntfs without changing the data....................

 

[ujjwal]

Well, I don't use Windows NT or the crowd, but I feel a good partition layout would be to have a primary partition which is NTFS, and leave one FAT32 partition incase you have to access it from dos ....

Anyway, my partition layout -

2 FAT32 partitions (win 98)
1 reiserfs partition (linux)
1 jfs partition (linux)
1 linux swap partition

 

[mail2and]

yup even i use fat 32... just because it is simpler to access via dos when therez a problem in xp.... a few mili-seconds don't count for me. I guess thats the only difference. I think we are not NASA or CIA, we don't need encyrption.


Rest is the same old story...

1 swap

1 ext3

 

[Ashootosh]

well i dont agree with mail2nd.......... i think ntfs is far far far better then fat32.......... and also i have stopped solving problems in xp through dos. I think there r more ways 2 solve problem that r better then solving via dos.

 

[grinning_devil]

>> agree with mail2and that using NTFS in real life practical desktop won't help us in ny good.... for me FAT32 works best for both 98 nd XP....

 

[busyanuj]

I have only NTFS partitions with Windows XP Professional installed.
and it works fine for me

 

[rajas]

Surely NTFS

I personally feel NTFS is better to use with NT related OS(WIN2K, XP) as the Performance and Reliabillity increase by it.

Yes... I miss my Fav OS: Win98 but got to move with new technology.

 

[khattam_]

Yeah PPL!!
Thanks..........
I have converted all my Fat32 partitions to Ntfs and they all work fine...............
No checking of disks after improper shutdown, great man.
Quick Defragmentation............. That's great too...........

 

[{MaX}]

NTFS is definitely better than FAT32, but with Windows, i can never be very sure when i need recovery, so I stick to FAT32.

 

[devilhead_satish]

NTFS Anytime. Its faster and you can defrag drives quicker. You'll also notice that your games run smoother than usual.

 

[hafees]

I have 2 NTFS (for XP and My Documents)
1 FAT32 (for storing mp3s& video)
i m going to convert it also. since my pcq linux 2005 has inbuilt support for NTFS.
2 EXT3 (one for / and one for /home)
1 Linux Swap

 

[khattam_]

NTFS is definitely better than FAT32, but with Windows, i can never be very sure when i need recovery, so I stick to FAT32.

Hey, if your troube is recobery, i think i have a solution.............
How about DOS Ntfs Reader??
Download it from
*www.majorgeeks.com/download2036.html

Well, for others who don't know how to change FAT32 to Ntfs, just try the following in the command prompt

convert <drivename> /fs:ntfs

Here, <drivename> is the name of the drive you'd like to convert........
Eg:

convert c: /fs:ntfs

Note that reconversion to FAT32 is not possible (at least by this method)