Advantages of NTFS

[Dug]

I'm dual booting WinME and Win2000 on the same drive. Obviously WinME is Fat32. I used NTFS for Win2000. Is there any advantage to keeping it this way or should I have made Win2000 Fat 32?

 

[Jonny]

NTFS is better, but you will not be able to access that drive from ME.

 

[Vegito]

Offers compression, tracking, etc. But best is security

 

[MegalodoN]

Security for one (If you care). I think it resists fragmentation better too.

 

[Osangar]

FAT32 will be a little faster and may use a little less disk space (especially on a small partition). NTFS offers file security, and is much less likely to suffer from corruption then FAT32.

Most of the additional features of NTFS are really only useful in a corporate setting, but I do find the lower probability of file corruption appealing.

 

[Dug]

Security from what?

 

[MegalodoN]

Directory, File, securtiy among other things - you can set permissions on who can see what files etc. You can't do that with Fat32

 

[Osangar]

NTFS allows you implement security that allows only specified users to access a file or directory.

 

[DazedAndConfused]

NTFS allows for Directory/File Compression and Encryption. With the Compression They aren't made into zips so they are still usable by any program. However there is a speed penalty involved.

Dazed

 

[Whitedog]

<<FAT32 will be a little faster and may use a little less disk space (especially on a small partition). NTFS offers file security, and is much less likely to suffer from corruption then FAT32.

Most of the additional features of NTFS are really only useful in a corporate setting, but I do find the lower probability of file corruption appealing. >>


FAT32 does not use less disk space, NTFS uses a Lot less disk space, NTFS uses 512 byte clusters vs. 4096 for FAT32 (on the smallest partition) up to 8 gigs, after 8 gigs, FAT32 uses 8192 byte clusters. FAT32 is a zillion times more likely to corrupt files...

I wouldn't say NTFS is good for a corporate environment at all. If you like stability, use NTFS.

 

[Whitedog]

DP

 

[Osangar]

NTFS has a lot of initial overhead compared to FAT32 (several hundred MB if I remember correctly) This is why I specifically mentioned small partitions. It takes a lot of wasted space on FAT 32 to overcome this. (This is why I said &quot;may use less disk space&quot

Why would NTFS not be good for a corporate environment?

 

[noxipoo]

NTFS is better in everything. All you have to know is that in the future, everything from MS is going to be NTFS.

 

[BFG10K]

NTFS is faster and more secure than FAT 32, and it also uses hard disk space more efficiently, especially with large hard drives. I also read somewhere that it is self maintaning which helps combat file fragmentation.