[POLL] New Portable Harddrive, should I format it to FAT32 or NTFS?

[beyonddc]

As topic...

 

[PurdueRy]

NTFS FTW

 

[beyonddc]

I am having a difficulty to decide which one I want.
On one hand, I'm pretty sure I'll only use this portable hd on Windows 2000 and WinXP systems.

On other hand, maybe I want to use it on Linux machine also, that's why I needed it to be FAT32 to get compability.

 

[Shawn]

NTFS, always.

 

[HamburgerBoy]

NTFS.

 

[flxnimprtmscl]

NTFS.

 

[Mojoed]

NTFS FFS, who is voting for FAT32?

 

[HamburgerBoy]

Originally posted by: Mojoed
NTFS FFS, who is voting for FAT32?

lol, all of the NTFS voters posted but none of the FAT32 voters have.

 

[dc]

ntfs.

and your username makes me sad.

 

[beyonddc]

Thanks for everyone opinion.
NTFS it is...

 

[JinLien]

Pending the OS.

 

[IAteYourMother]

whyh wouldnt you use NFTS?

 

[PurdueRy]

Originally posted by: IAteYourMother
whyh wouldnt you use NFTS?

compatibility

 

[dighn]

since it's a portal drive I voted FAT32 for compatiblity.

 

[Goosemaster]

NTFS NSFW

 

[Mik3y]

ntfs

 

[Mojoed]

Originally posted by: JinLien

Pending the OS.

Yea, but WHO actually uses Win 95/98/ME?

The OP didn't specify what OS('s) he'll be using 99% of the time. Probably a good bet it's all Win 2k or XP.

Using FAT32 nowadays is akin to buying a new motherboard with ISA slots.

 

[Pepsi90919]

as topic?

 

[Pepsi90919]

Originally posted by: Mojoed

Originally posted by: JinLien

Pending the OS.

Yea, but WHO actually uses Win 95/98/ME?

The OP didn't specify what OS('s) he'll be using 99% of the time. Probably a good bet it's all Win 2k or XP.

Using FAT32 nowadays is akin to buying a new motherboard with ISA slots.

a lot of people

 

[aircooled]

NTFS

 

[Mojoed]

Originally posted by: Pepsi90919

Originally posted by: Mojoed

Originally posted by: JinLien

Pending the OS.

Yea, but WHO actually uses Win 95/98/ME?

The OP didn't specify what OS('s) he'll be using 99% of the time. Probably a good bet it's all Win 2k or XP.

Using FAT32 nowadays is akin to buying a new motherboard with ISA slots.

a lot of people

Perhaps so, but no one I know.

Anyway, he wouldn't have started this thread if his main OS wasn't XP or some version of NT. Maybe he's got an XP box and a Win9x box, who knows? In that case FAT32 would make sense.

 

[Lonyo]

Originally posted by: Mojoed

Originally posted by: JinLien

Pending the OS.

Yea, but WHO actually uses Win 95/98/ME/Mac OSX/Lunix/Unix/Anything but Win 2k/XP?

The OP didn't specify what OS('s) he'll be using 99% of the time. Probably a good bet it's all Win 2k or XP.

Using FAT32 nowadays is akin to buying a new motherboard with ISA slots.

FAT32 nowadays is like realising there are more PC's out there than ones running Windows 2k/XP.

 

[mercanucaribe]

Does NTFS work with Macs? I format my thumbdrive with FAT32 just in case.

 

[Mojoed]

Originally posted by: mercanucaribe
Does NTFS work with Macs? I format my thumbdrive with FAT32 just in case.

According to THIS, yes - if you're running Tiger. I don't own a Mac, (yet!) so I really don't know first-hand if that article is correct.

 

[radioouman]

Fat32 so you don't have to deal with security and not having access to it on other machines.