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Re: NTFS or FAT32?
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David Gillett <[log in to unmask]>
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PCBUILD - Personal Computer Hardware discussion List <[log in to unmask]>
Date:
Thu, 13 Mar 2003 00:06:44 -0800
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On 12 Mar 2003, at 23:11, John Loc wrote:

> I'm about to upgrade my Win Me to Window 2K Profession, but unclear
> whether I should install it as NTFS or FAT32. Any advice would greatly
> appreciate.

  A lot of the nifty features and security that NT/2K/XP offers over
95/98/ME apply ONLY to NTFS file systems.  The only reason I'd use FAT32
with Windows 2000 would be to retain access when dual-booting with one of
the less-robust versions.

David Gillett

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