NTSF vs Fat32

[Jinny]

Hi all, I'm using win2k with FAT32 now. I download lots of crap and also delete a lot of stuff at the same time, so my harddrive gets pretty fragmented REAL fast. When that happens, my hd slows down like hell (ibm 13.5 gig, 7200k rpm). i don't like that, also deteste defragmenting because it takes time. Will converting from FAT32 to NTSF solve that problem? do I have to worry about fragmentation/defragmenting with NTSF?
also if I do convert to ntsf and burn a CD with files in the ntsf drive, will the CD be ntsf as well? will it be readable in win9x systems? thanks for any advice.

 

[Dulanic]

Should you defrag with NTFS? Yes. It doesnt matter what file system you use, youll always get a speed boost from defraging. But is NTFS faster? Again yes... in Sandra I get a 10% perforance boost on my HD transfer rates just from NTFS5.

 

[Dulanic]

Also CDs dont use FAT or NTFS.... it wont make a difference. They use Mode1 or Mode2.

 

[DocDoo]

I would strongly recommend that you partition your drive. I would go 2 or 3 partitions.

Something like:

C = Win2K (NTFS) 4gig
D = Programs (NTFS) 5gig
E = DATA (FAT32) 4gig

This way, you can drastically lower disc fragmentation. I will also defrag much faster. All your big download/delete files can stay on the E drive, and it will not affect your important C partition. This is basically what I did on my Win2K box, and have yet needed to defrag my C drive.

Yes, if you burn a CD with files on an NTFS drive other PC's can read the files on the burned CD-R disc. As you know, it can't read it on a dynamic disc...