Thanks to those who clued me in to NTFS. Because I do alot of gaming and CD burning, I'm gonna stay with FAT32. U just can't beleeve the BS fom Macrohard enymore. Doyle Hirsch [log in to unmask] >From: Tom Billiodeaux <[log in to unmask]> >To: [log in to unmask] >Subject: Re: [PCBUILD] NTFS >Date: Thu, 14 Jun 2001 12:49:38 -0500 > >You should consider your reason for wanting NTFS. Security? >Your floppy disc are probably FAT16, not FAT32, unless you purposely made >them FAT32. THe normal format for floppy dos is FAT16. >This is the most efficient use of the space especially for such a small >storage device where you will be adding small files (<4K size). >FAT16 uses much smaller sectors (about 512K). > >I recently used Disk Juggler software to check the read speed of my NTFS >and >FAT32 partitiion. I was surprised when the results showed the FAT32 was >almost twice as fast as the NTFS partition, contrary to what I had been >reading about file efficiency. Also, I don't notice a difference in any of >this in actual usage because my transfers are usually small files, which >don't take much time sending compared to the device it is being sent to >(CDRW)to write them. > >If security is a factor, use NTFS; but only on your o/s partition. If not, >I'd recommend staying with FAT32, especially in a multiple dos system >(W98,Millen) and for your data partition. Your floppies should stay FAT16 >regardless of which file system you use on your hdd. > >Tom B >------------------------------------ >Where will you be in 100 years? If you don't know, I can tell you. (and it >is not the grave). >_________________________________________________________________ >Get your FREE download of MSN Explorer at http://explorer.msn.com > > Do you want to signoff PCBUILD or just change to > Digest mode - visit our web site: > http://freepctech.com/pcbuild.shtml _________________________________________________________________ Get your FREE download of MSN Explorer at http://explorer.msn.com The NOSPIN Group is now offering Free PC Tech support at our newest website: http://freepctech.com