File Systems

[shaoen01]

Hey guys,
I was pondering on whether i should change my file system from a Fat32 to a NTFS ... currently i have 2 hardisks and both is Fat32. If i change one to NTFS, i think most likely it will lack my com because my another hardisk is Fat32 ... so any suggestions?

[shalomb]

it is better to have them identical, but you could use NTFS reader from www.NTFS.com to read your NTFS partition from your FAT32 partition, i.e. if you have two OSes.

FAT vs NTFS:

NTFS provides security, encryption, compression etc which FAT doesnt.

FAT32 is better if you are performance driven because you dont have to view metadata(files that contain info on security, compression etc on files/folders) files each time you browse through a directory. these metadata files on NTFS can become really large if you have various permissions,etc for a variety of folders/files on your system. You will lose out on information like data streams included with NTFS files when you copy them over to your FAT partition.

[shaoen01]

Thanks for you help, i think it also better to have two identical partitions. I guess i many change to NTFS but im not too sure yet but i'll check up the website you provided me, thanks again.