FAT32 & NFTS ???

[ONE23]

Hi!
I am wondeirng which one is how much better FAT32 or NFTS.
What are big differences between two?

How can format NFTS to make my hard drive FAT32 and the other way?

Thank you!

 

[Aeolus]

NTFS (New Technology File System) has very good encryption and stability, whereas Fat32 may give you slightly more speed it is also more prone to crash and is VERY easily corrupted.

The only way I know to format a drive in NTFS is to tell Windows to do it when you are installing Windows NT/2000. Once a drive is NTFS you cannot go back to Fat32, you have to delete the partition and start over.

 

[BCYL]

The main advantage of NTFS is security... it offers a lot more security features than FAT32...

Performance wise they are very close, although some tests says FAT32 is slightly faster (nothing you will ever notice)...

However, DOS and older versions of windows cannot read NTFS, so if you plan on dual-booting with win9x and wants to share the drive, then you have to use FAT32...

There's no clear answer as who is "better"... it all depends on what you need... if you want/need the added security features, then NTFS would be better...

 

[Quickfingerz]

Windows 9x will read NTFS, you'll need to load a dll though.

 

[Dewey]

I am happy with NTFS since I never get lost clusters or need to go through scandisk after turning the power off.

 

[Nevo]

You can convert an existing FAT partition to NTFS. The conversion, however, is one-way: to go back you'll need to reformat the partition.

To convert, go to a command prompt and type:

convert c: /fs:ntfs

Where c:, of course, is the drive letter you want to convert.

 

[karmasalad]

I personally formatted my O/S and Apps partitions to be in NTFS, since that's what Win2k was designed to run on. I format my data partitions in FAT32 because if my O/S were ever to crash, I can still get to my data via DOS.

 

[MortaniuS]

I think i read system commander 2000 can convert ntfs data back over to fat32

 

[jthsmak]

<< I think i read system commander 2000 can convert ntfs data back over to fat32 >>


So can Partition Magic