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Re: WinXP: FAT32 v NTFS
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Reuven <[log in to unmask]>
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PCBUILD - Personal Computer Hardware discussion List <[log in to unmask]>
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Sat, 23 Feb 2002 14:02:45 -0500
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Read the article written by Scott Finnie about NTFS vs FAT32. It is very
informative, and may answer questions you didn't think about yet...

http://www.scotfinnie.com/newsletter/19.htm#filesys

Reuven Freuman <[log in to unmask]>


>
> What experiences have people had switching from FAT32 to NTFS?
> What if any down side(s) is/are there?
> What if any advantages are there to "leaving well enough alone?"
> I have heard arguments that each is faster/slower than the other.  Comments?
> I have found that Norton SystemWorks 2002 disk defrag (an other programs I've tried) run slower than molasses when compared to running it on my 98SE machines with FAT32.  Any improvement with NTFS?
>
>

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