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Originally posted by Exca
That only depends on 1 thing: Are you planning to use the external drive also on system which doesn't support NTFS (like win98)? Although, when you do format it with FAT32, there is a big chance you will not be able to use the full 500GB...
NTFS has also some other benefits, other then the support for high volumes, like more security (if you wish) and better/optimized storage of data.
Bottem line, if you're planning to use your external drive on machines with NTFS compatible OS's like WinXP, etc. stay with NFTS.
NTFS and FAT32 both support up to 2TB so that's not a problem
. But NTFS is more secure, performs better on larges disks and makes searching and browsing faster.
Check this website for more info on NTFS vs. FAT(32)
http://www.ntfs.com/ntfs_vs_fat.htm
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As you can see on that site, the max file size on FAT32 is 4GB!
