David2004 Posted October 18, 2004 Report Share Posted October 18, 2004 HelloI'm going to install Windows XP professional soon , and I would like to know if do it using FAT32 or NTFS . What I mean , why is ntfs better ?I heard something about ntfs supports bigger files , but I never use files bigger than 700 GB .I heard too , that ntfs is safer , but I don't have a net , just my pc , so what I really want to know if my computer will work very fast with ntfs than fat32.The main reason to use Fat32 , is that I'm going to install Linux in other partition , and it's easier to read/write from one to other partition with FAT32.Thanks in advance. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
expertec Posted October 18, 2004 Report Share Posted October 18, 2004 If it is an up-to-date version of Linux, it should be able to read/write NTFS as well.I prefer NTFS, it is more stable, more secure etc. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
David2004 Posted October 18, 2004 Author Report Share Posted October 18, 2004 If it is an up-to-date version of Linux, it should be able to read/write NTFS as well.I'm going to install Fedora Core 3 , in the other partition , I read that to write NTFS is very dangerous .To read I know how to do it , but write It seems experimental and dangerous. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
djohn Posted October 18, 2004 Report Share Posted October 18, 2004 Agree with expertec. I use NTFS with XP Pro. it is a more stable/secure file system and XP was designed to run on it. Some people prefer to use FAT for better integration with older files and games. Unless you have a good reason to choose FAT then NTFS will be the better choice.There is a slight performance drop but not one that would be noticed unless actually measured with test software, even then it is very slight. :unsure: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris Posted October 18, 2004 Report Share Posted October 18, 2004 If it is an up-to-date version of Linux, it should be able to read/write NTFS as well.I'm going to install Fedora Core 3 , in the other partition , I read that to write NTFS is very dangerous .To read I know how to do it , but write It seems experimental and dangerous.Fedora Core by default does not recognise NTFS partitons [FC2 didn't]. But you can make it recognise :DFedora Core 3 is in testing stage so I wouldn't even thik about installing it, let alone running it alongside XP :(NTFS in a Microsoft thingee and the only people that know it's complexities are Microsoft :o So writing to NTFS with Linux... errr no. You can buy so called "things" that enable the writing to NTFS, but i've never tried them. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
expertec Posted October 19, 2004 Report Share Posted October 19, 2004 Oh.... my Mandrake 10 installation can read the NTFS drives, I always thought it could write them as well. :blink: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cpt James T. Kirk Posted October 30, 2004 Report Share Posted October 30, 2004 ntfs is better. more compatible with xp, and hopefully longhorn too. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scarecrow Man Posted October 30, 2004 Report Share Posted October 30, 2004 "Longhorn" is said to be released with NTFS, but later to adapt WinFS. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cpt James T. Kirk Posted October 30, 2004 Report Share Posted October 30, 2004 is this winfs the new format theyre gonna go to or something? i havent heard of it. or is it an old one. ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
-pops- Posted October 30, 2004 Report Share Posted October 30, 2004 is this winfs the new format theyre gonna go to or something? i havent heard of it. or is it an old one. ?http://msdn.microsoft.com/Longhorn/underst...FS/default.aspx Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cpt James T. Kirk Posted October 30, 2004 Report Share Posted October 30, 2004 cool, im guessing we'll be able to convert it to winfs without having to do a complete reformat or anything like that, its a bit late and i didnt feel like sitting thru all the dribble bout it on that link, which i thank you for. will read more later. its nearly 3 in the morn here and ive been up since 9:30 yesterday morning. and only had 2 hours sleep before that. im pooped. gonna go crash. but i would like to know . i dont even know if longhorn will simply install over xp or if you have to reformat all over , you know what i mean. if you know bout the convertion or the longhorn install, would you please let me know. thanks pops. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
-pops- Posted October 30, 2004 Report Share Posted October 30, 2004 Longhorn is in the early beta stages of development and is most certainly not a system for general use, yet.If you are interested in operating system development, you can become a beta tester (I was one for XP). To do this, you make the necessary arrangements with MS.There are (unofficial) versions of Longhorn available on various websites but, I emphasise it is not a system for general use and is likely to contain bugs - which, after all, is the whole point of beta testing. Some of the beta versions of what came to be XP had some horrendous bugs and some of the early versions I had required a re-install almost daily.I won't be testing Longhorn as I've reached the age where I need as quiet a life as I can :) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris Posted October 30, 2004 Report Share Posted October 30, 2004 WinFS is not a file system, it is an [umm] an ADD ON*. So NTFS will still be there powering the file system.* I'm sure there is a more technical name for it.Longhorn will not ship with WinFS, it will ship with NTFS. WinFS will be available [as a download?] later on when LH has been shipped. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cpt James T. Kirk Posted October 31, 2004 Report Share Posted October 31, 2004 so basically what your saying is it just installs overtop of ntfs? and ntfs is still there with winfs running as well. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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