Whats the point of NTFS in XP home?

[wepeel]

So? Whats the deal with the perks of NTFS in XP home.

I know its impossible to use advanced folder and file securty, so other than EFS(which is pretty pointless to the home users)whats the big catch? Any thoughts?

 

[TheOmegaCode]

Fat32 has limitations on how big your partitions can be. Not to mention, the larger the partition size, the larger the block size. I'm to lazy to do the math right now.

 

[bsobel]

Originally posted by: wepeel
So? Whats the deal with the perks of NTFS in XP home.
I know its impossible to use advanced folder and file securty, so other than EFS(which is pretty pointless to the home users)whats the big catch? Any thoughts?

NTFS is more fault tolerant to problems (such as the power being yanked off, for example). So, even without the 'advanced features', it's safer to use.

Bill

 

[Rainsford]

I like to think of it this way. Why not?

 

[Nothinman]

FAT is old, ugly and needs to die. NTFS is a much better file system over all, it's more efficient and resilient.

 

[Woodchuck2000]

I asked the same question myself when I was tweaking a friend's PC. It doesnt use quotas or NTFS permissions, and I didnt think it allowed EFS either. It allows NTFS compression I think. In the end, it's microsoft trying to get rid of nasty legacy things (like the 9x kernel, netbeui, fat(32) etc.) which has to be a good thing.

 

[AndyHui]

Please read the FAQs:

FAT32 vs NTFS

What is the difference between WinXP Home and WinXP Pro?

The first FAQ will tell you why NTFS is preferred, the second FAQ will tell you which features are missing from WinXP Home.