8k5a2+ , raid, winxp, and FAT32, is it possible?

[Balael]

I'm just curious if anyone has actually installed windows xp, on a fat32 raid partition with the 8k5a2+? All I get is the option for ntfs, and ntfs IMO sucks. Please help!

Balael

 

[AndyHui]

I highly recommend that you read this:

FAT32 vs NTFS

 

[Vette73]

Originally posted by: Balael
I'm just curious if anyone has actually installed windows xp, on a fat32 raid partition with the 8k5a2+? All I get is the option for ntfs, and ntfs IMO sucks. Please help!

Balael

I am using NTFS and my system is fine? Why do you not like it?

And like the article says, if you use anything over 32Gig you have to use NTFS.

 

[Toro 45]

Andy,from your link on NTFS

All of the above does have its impact on performance though, and it is recommended that you disable any features that are not needed if you use NTFS.

How or where do you disable the features that are not being used?

Thanks,Toro

Balael not trying to hijack your thread that line just caught my eye.

 

[Balael]

Heh, no worries. My problem is that, a fat32 partition is pretty much up to %30 faster then an ntfs one. I've read up on it. And all the faster that windows loads, the better. Ah well, i'll keep looking.

 

[ChemMan]

I agree about ntfs. I first tried installing windows 2000 using ntfs and it gave me nothing but problems, and was actually slower than fat32. As far as I know win2k installs and works happily on a fat32 drive. However, if you format the drive during setup, it will not format as fat32, but as ancient fat. Why microsoft did this I have no idea. So you have to use a boot disk with format.com from win98 (at least that's what I did). Win2k installed no problem and is running fine. From what I've read, windows xp will not format a partition or harddrive as fat32 larger than 32 gigs. But I would be surprised if it refused to install and run on a fat32 partition. Just use another formating utility. I think when I *cough* try windows xp I will try it on a ntfs partition to see if I can get it to run better than before. I figure it will be worth a try.

 

[AndyHui]

Originally posted by: Toro 45
Andy,from your link on NTFS

All of the above does have its impact on performance though, and it is recommended that you disable any features that are not needed if you use NTFS.

How or where do you disable the features that are not being used?

Thanks,Toro

Balael not trying to hijack your thread that line just caught my eye.

It's not really "disable" per se. It's more a matter of "not using", such as Encryption and Compression.

 

[Insane3D]

FAT32? People still use that? 😛

How 90's....😉