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Accord Man · 04-10-2003, 05:55 PM

A long time ago I read it was a good idea to have your secondary partitions in FAT32.. But I cannot remember why..
NTFS on primary partition.

Anyone know??

What file system do you use for your secondary partitions.. Besides obvious reasons(security, large file manageability, error tolerance.. )

ebpda9 · 04-10-2003, 06:09 PM

well i don't like having partitions on my drives. however on my desktop when i had 2 or more drives in i had them on fat32. in case winnt/2k/xp pro crashes you can get to your data with a bootable floppy. also fat 32 manages space a lot better. on a 30 gig hdd with fat 32 i have about 1.5g more than a fat 16.

Accord Man · 04-10-2003, 07:59 PM

oh yeah thats what it was.. thanks bro, I really couldnt remember..

04-10-2003, 10:39 PM

The other side of that is that NTFS is more "durable" for situations like people not shutting computers down properly and other assorted crap.

04-11-2003, 01:29 PM

FAT has the huge advantage of data recovery. For example delete something mistakenly with FAT, as long as you don't overwrite it you can recover it. NTFS is much more difficult to work with.

With Win2k you can boot into the recovery console on the CD and access NTFS partitions, something that previously could only be done with 3rd party software.....so the accessibility of NTFS isn't so bad these days.

NTFS manages space just as well or better than any FAT system. FAT32 is far superior for LARGE volumes than FAT16 because it's capable of larger volumes, but FAT32 actually uses space LESS efficiently for small volumes or small files. If you write a bunch of tiny files to a FAT32 partition it'll fill up much faster than FAT16.

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04-10-2003, 05:55 PM	#1
Accord Man THE GENERAL Join Date: Aug 2001 Location: Earth (usually) Age: 42 Posts: 5,698	FAT32 for partitions.. A long time ago I read it was a good idea to have your secondary partitions in FAT32.. But I cannot remember why.. NTFS on primary partition. Anyone know?? What file system do you use for your secondary partitions.. Besides obvious reasons(security, large file manageability, error tolerance.. ) __________________ HondaStyle.com Babysitter's Club Member #0 Soon to be >Dr Max Immuh<

04-10-2003, 06:09 PM	#2
ebpda9 Repost Wagon Join Date: Dec 2001 Location: over here Age: 44 Posts: 17,266	well i don't like having partitions on my drives. however on my desktop when i had 2 or more drives in i had them on fat32. in case winnt/2k/xp pro crashes you can get to your data with a bootable floppy. also fat 32 manages space a lot better. on a 30 gig hdd with fat 32 i have about 1.5g more than a fat 16. __________________

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Accord Man THE GENERAL Join Date: Aug 2001 Location: Earth (usually) Age: 42 Posts: 5,698	oh yeah thats what it was.. thanks bro, I really couldnt remember.. __________________ HondaStyle.com Babysitter's Club Member #0 Soon to be >Dr Max Immuh<

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04-10-2003, 10:39 PM	#4
DumbMoFo Posts: n/a	The other side of that is that NTFS is more "durable" for situations like people not shutting computers down properly and other assorted crap.

04-11-2003, 01:29 PM	#5
spoogenet Posts: n/a	FAT has the huge advantage of data recovery. For example delete something mistakenly with FAT, as long as you don't overwrite it you can recover it. NTFS is much more difficult to work with. With Win2k you can boot into the recovery console on the CD and access NTFS partitions, something that previously could only be done with 3rd party software.....so the accessibility of NTFS isn't so bad these days. NTFS manages space just as well or better than any FAT system. FAT32 is far superior for LARGE volumes than FAT16 because it's capable of larger volumes, but FAT32 actually uses space LESS efficiently for small volumes or small files. If you write a bunch of tiny files to a FAT32 partition it'll fill up much faster than FAT16. b