POLL: what file system you using?

[Jgtdragon]

What file system are you using?

I am running Windows XP with fat 32.

 

[spyordie007]

Unless you have a specific reason to use Fat32 it would be in your best interest to use NTFS. Once more if you must use FAT32 (say you are dual booting) I would reccomend using a seperate partition and keeping your OS and all of your important files on an NTFS partition.

-Spy

 

[Barnaby W. Füi]

I am don't like Microsoft! Someone set up us the bomb!

 

[Spyro]

Originally posted by: BingBongWongFooey
I am don't like Microsoft! Someone set up us the bomb!

 

[AndyHui]

FAT32.

I know I wrote the FAQ that says NTFS is unquestionably better, but I have certain reasons of my own.

 

[civad]

Only one non- M$ FS option????

 

[Soybomb]

Mostly machines just UFS

 

[NumbaJuan]

both fat 32 & ntfs

 

[ELation]

Yeah me too.
The reason why I use FAT32 on one harddrive is, it didn't allow me to format as NTFS.

Please answer this for me, kinda related.
http://forums.anandtech.com/messageview.cfm?catid=34&threadid=1026580

 

[Goosemaster]

NTFS and Ext3

 

[pac1085]

ReiserFS, Ext3 (Linux)
FFS (NetBSD)
UFS (FreeBSD)

BTW, what is the difference between FFS and UFS?

 

[Barnaby W. Füi]

Originally posted by: Vortex
ReiserFS, Ext3 (Linux)
FFS (NetBSD)
UFS (FreeBSD)

BTW, what is the difference between FFS and UFS?

UFS = Unix File System, a generic family of filesystems. Only ones I know off hand are FFS and ext2/3.
FFS = Berkeley Fast File System, a UFS.

AFAIK FreeBSD uses FFS, they just generally call it UFS instead of FFS specifically.

 

[Haden]

XFS, da best thing imho. It lost one txt file when one HDD from RAID0 (5 disks) was almost dead, since then I just love it

 

[orion7144]

NTFS for security reasons.

 

[Nothinman]

None....I am don't like Microsoft...Go linux/UNIX

Just because I don't use Windows doesn't mean I don't need filesystems. Infact my selection is much larger than yours just because I run Linux =)

XFS on my main box
ext3 and XFS on my Ultra5 running Linux
ext3 on my Alpha running Linux (might be time to convert and see how an XFS root on Alpha works)
ffs on my Ultra1 running OpenBSD.

 

[Jeff7181]

I like NTFS more than FAT because you can set up permissions and sharing of files at the file system level... so no matter what the person logs in as, you can prevent them from getting access to things... works really well in .NET 2003. XP on the other hand doesn't seem to want to let you make any files "private" unless they're in your folders in the Documents and Settings folder.

 

[Nothinman]

works really well in .NET 2003. XP on the other hand doesn't seem to want to let you make any files "private" unless they're in your folders in the Documents and Settings folder.

Either disable "simple file sharing" or get XP Pro.

 

[chanachana]

NTFS > FAT

 

[Jeff7181]

Where do I disable simple file sharing? (I have Pro)

Nevermind, I found it... even though Windows XP's Help told me the wrong place to look.

 

[Sunner]

Box Im typing this on - XFS
Linux boxes at home - Some Reiser and some Ext3
OpenBSD box at home - FFS
Windows box at home - NTFS

 

[MercenaryForHire]

NTFS 0wnz j00r MS b0x3n

- M4H

 

[Tiger]

EXT3
XFS
NTFS
In that order.

 

[Priit]

EXT3, FAT32 occationally (if I have to deal with M$ software).

 

[n0cmonkey]

FFS, UFS, HFS+, NTFS, ext2fs, ext3fs, maybe XFS in the near future.

 

[spyordie007]

I'm thinking you should have left the "None....I am don't like Microsoft...Go linux/UNIX" option out of the polls because all these guys are using it as a copout answer. Besides it just begs to have these guys comment on.

-Spy