rec.autos.simulators

by **Dan_Leac** » Thu, 17 Oct 2002 18:49:33

Ive just got a new HD and want to know wether its better to format it to
fat32 or NTFS. All i really use my pc for is game playing (gpl:) and the
security of the drive doesnt matter to me.
Is NTFS simply better for a win XP system?.. or as all my other HD's are
fat32 should i stick with that?
dan

by **Sebastien Tixie** » Thu, 17 Oct 2002 20:49:00

On Wed, 16 Oct 2002 10:49:33 +0100, "Dan_Leach"

>Ive just got a new HD and want to know wether its better to format it to
>fat32 or NTFS. All i really use my pc for is game playing (gpl:) and the
>security of the drive doesnt matter to me.
> Is NTFS simply better for a win XP system?.. or as all my other HD's are
>fat32 should i stick with that?
> dan

NTFS is only usefull for file's rights and user's rights.

FAT32 is better for speed and security.

As far as i know.

Sebastien TIXIER - Game Developer
Dynamics and Car Physics
http://www.eden-studios.fr
GPLRank Normal:-44.24 Monster:-124.44

by **Schoone** » Thu, 17 Oct 2002 21:23:55

NTFS is always in a known state unlike FAT. If your system crashes NTFS
does not require the scan disk process.

Article on Fat vs NTFS
http://www.anandtech.com/guides/viewfaq.html?i=63

> On Wed, 16 Oct 2002 10:49:33 +0100, "Dan_Leach"

> >Ive just got a new HD and want to know wether its better to format it to
> >fat32 or NTFS. All i really use my pc for is game playing (gpl:) and the
> >security of the drive doesnt matter to me.
> > Is NTFS simply better for a win XP system?.. or as all my other HD's
are
> >fat32 should i stick with that?
> > dan

> NTFS is only usefull for file's rights and user's rights.

> FAT32 is better for speed and security.

> As far as i know.

> Sebastien TIXIER - Game Developer
> Dynamics and Car Physics
> http://www.eden-studios.fr
> GPLRank Normal:-44.24 Monster:-124.44

by **MadDAW** » Thu, 17 Oct 2002 21:28:31

I like NTFS for its smaller cluster size. Granted with today's larger hard
drives its not as big of an issue as it use to be. If you don't have a
second computer that will read NTFS I'd stick with Fat 32 so you can reclaim
your data incase of a system failure.

MadDAWG

by **Dan_Leac** » Thu, 17 Oct 2002 21:40:01

OK new question :) can i ghost a 19 gig fat32 drive onto a NTFS empty new
drive?
dan

> NTFS is always in a known state unlike FAT. If your system crashes NTFS
> does not require the scan disk process.

> Article on Fat vs NTFS
> http://www.anandtech.com/guides/viewfaq.html?i=63

> > On Wed, 16 Oct 2002 10:49:33 +0100, "Dan_Leach"

> > >Ive just got a new HD and want to know wether its better to format it
to
> > >fat32 or NTFS. All i really use my pc for is game playing (gpl:) and
the
> > >security of the drive doesnt matter to me.
> > > Is NTFS simply better for a win XP system?.. or as all my other HD's
> are
> > >fat32 should i stick with that?
> > > dan

> > NTFS is only usefull for file's rights and user's rights.

> > FAT32 is better for speed and security.

> > As far as i know.

> > Sebastien TIXIER - Game Developer
> > Dynamics and Car Physics
> > http://www.eden-studios.fr
> > GPLRank Normal:-44.24 Monster:-124.44

by **Sebastien Tixie** » Thu, 17 Oct 2002 23:16:19

On Wed, 16 Oct 2002 09:23:55 -0300, "Schooner"

>NTFS is always in a known state unlike FAT. If your system crashes NTFS
>does not require the scan disk process.

windowns never crashes :o))))))))))))))))

Sebastien TIXIER - Game Developer
Dynamics and Car Physics
http://www.eden-studios.fr
GPLRank Normal:-44.24 Monster:-124.44

by **Carl Ribbegaard** » Fri, 18 Oct 2002 01:18:10

??????????????

Security what????

by **Schoone** » Fri, 18 Oct 2002 01:35:06

Yes, FAT32 offers no security, that's one of the big pluses for NTFS.

by **Milhous** » Fri, 18 Oct 2002 01:57:45

First off, if it's bigger than 32GB, I don't think XP will let you format it
as a single FAT32 partition.

Second, if you want to deal with AV stuff at -all-, NTFS comes in very
handy. FAT32 can't handle files over 2GB; I have two movie files in
particular (footage from Hot August Nights in Reno, NV ;) that are over 12GB
each. 1hr each, completely uncompressed.

Third, you're probably not going to notice a speed difference between the
two.

Milhouse

by **Uncle Feste** » Fri, 18 Oct 2002 02:12:10

> First off, if it's bigger than 32GB, I don't think XP will let you format it
> as a single FAT32 partition.

Wrong. My 80GB drive is split into a 25GB partition for Win98 & 55GB
partition for XP.

--

Fester

None are more hopelessly enslaved than those who falsely believe they
are free. -- Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
http://www.hermes-press.com/police_state.htm

by **Uncle Feste** » Fri, 18 Oct 2002 02:13:30

> Ive just got a new HD and want to know wether its better to format it to
> fat32 or NTFS. All i really use my pc for is game playing (gpl:) and the
> security of the drive doesnt matter to me.
> Is NTFS simply better for a win XP system?.. or as all my other HD's are
> fat32 should i stick with that?

If you're only *** on this machine, I wouldn't bother with NTFS.
FAT32 is lots less hassle & works just fine.

--

Fester

None are more hopelessly enslaved than those who falsely believe they
are free. -- Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
http://www.racesimcentral.net/

by **Schoone** » Fri, 18 Oct 2002 02:19:14

Not much hassles to NTFS. Just format it and that's it. Don't need to use
all the features if you don't need too.

> > Ive just got a new HD and want to know wether its better to format it to
> > fat32 or NTFS. All i really use my pc for is game playing (gpl:) and the
> > security of the drive doesnt matter to me.
> > Is NTFS simply better for a win XP system?.. or as all my other HD's
are
> > fat32 should i stick with that?

> If you're only *** on this machine, I wouldn't bother with NTFS.
> FAT32 is lots less hassle & works just fine.

> --

> Fester

> None are more hopelessly enslaved than those who falsely believe they
> are free. -- Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
> http://www.racesimcentral.net/

by **ssra** » Fri, 18 Oct 2002 04:16:56

On Wed, 16 Oct 2002 14:19:14 -0300, "Schooner"

>Not much hassles to NTFS. Just format it and that's it. Don't need to use
>all the features if you don't need too.

>> > Ive just got a new HD and want to know wether its better to format it to
>> > fat32 or NTFS. All i really use my pc for is game playing (gpl:) and the
>> > security of the drive doesnt matter to me.
>> > Is NTFS simply better for a win XP system?.. or as all my other HD's
>are
>> > fat32 should i stick with that?

>> If you're only *** on this machine, I wouldn't bother with NTFS.
>> FAT32 is lots less hassle & works just fine.

The only "problem" I have with NTFS is that Spinrite does not
support it, If Gibson would fix that problem then all my drives would
bet NTFS.
OTOH if anyone knows of a program that lets you "see" and fix the
problem like spinrite then let me know.

by **Milhous** » Fri, 18 Oct 2002 05:12:43

How did you format and partition them, though?

Milhouse

> > First off, if it's bigger than 32GB, I don't think XP will let you
format it
> > as a single FAT32 partition.

> Wrong. My 80GB drive is split into a 25GB partition for Win98 & 55GB
> partition for XP.

> --

> Fester

> None are more hopelessly enslaved than those who falsely believe they
> are free. -- Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
> http://www.hermes-press.com/police_state.htm

by **Tim Mise** » Fri, 18 Oct 2002 08:46:27

Fat16 (win95 orig) had a 2 GB limit. Fat32 is something like 100 terrabytes
or some ungodly number!

I have 2 80 gig drives, 1 at NTFS(C) and 1 at Fat32(D). Good thing about
NTFS is no more scan disks when you do a hard reset and formatting your 80
gig drive in NTFS can be done in 2 seconds while with fat32 it'll take an
hour. Good thing about Fat32 is you can access your files with a startup
disk in case your hard drive fails...(fails in a way that won't boot the OS
but will boot with a Startup disk enough for you to backup any important
files before it dies for good.

As drives get bigger, fat32 becomes less attractive.

-Tim

> First off, if it's bigger than 32GB, I don't think XP will let you format
it
> as a single FAT32 partition.

> Second, if you want to deal with AV stuff at -all-, NTFS comes in very
> handy. FAT32 can't handle files over 2GB; I have two movie files in
> particular (footage from Hot August Nights in Reno, NV ;) that are over
12GB
> each. 1hr each, completely uncompressed.

> Third, you're probably not going to notice a speed difference between the
> two.

> Milhouse

> > Ive just got a new HD and want to know wether its better to format it to
> > fat32 or NTFS. All i really use my pc for is game playing (gpl:) and the
> > security of the drive doesnt matter to me.
> > Is NTFS simply better for a win XP system?.. or as all my other HD's
> are
> > fat32 should i stick with that?
> > dan

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