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RE: NTFS or FAT32 for an external drive?
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Originally posted by squall_leonhart69r
well i know msgplus doesn't contain spyware
to point of TB is that lots of things are being said (on "official", "trustable" sites) and the more people say it, the more believe it, but that doesn't make it true...

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Originally posted by squall_leonhart69r
cookie is the one calling it nonsense and rumour
for the last time, what I call nonsense are things like:
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Originally posted by squall_leonhart69r
ntfs is more likely to go down due to errors then fat32
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Fat32s file table is alot safer then NTFS's master file table
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i would suggest not using any file system which indexes all data in one single file as if that file is damaged.. which btw is VERY easy to do
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if you get this ntfs and defrag then you better hope to god that you don't use the windows defragmenter
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NTFS is going to be soon outdated as the WINFS file system will soon become available via a windows update
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the WINFS is already supported by windows xp
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Fat32 is the better operating system
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Stability wise, performance wise (when considering ntfs has to update everyfile as its used which slows things down) FAT32 is better
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i believe this is becoz the windows backup utility builds one solid image file and not move the files themselves
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IF YOU ARE GOING TO USE THIS EXTERNAL DRIVE AS A BACKUP DRIVE OR STORE LARGE AMOUNTS OF SMALL AND LARGE DATA ON IT THE SUGGESTION FROM MICROSOFT ITSELF IS TO PARTITION IT SEVERAL WAYS AND FORMAT IT FAT32
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Partition the drive with seagate disc wizard as partition magic causes the drive to have to many logical blocks for some reason rendering the drive unbootable as such
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4kb clusters are the best becoz they prevent space wastage
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partition magic will not allow alot of discs to be partitioned to fat32 at 4k but seagate discwizard does it well
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i would suggest 4 125gb partitions allowing 4 new drives
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etc...



And there is a big difference in expressing your experience and expressing facts....

This post was edited on 04-29-2005 at 04:18 PM by CookieRevised.
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NTFS or FAT32 for an external drive? - by alegator on 04-25-2005 at 10:07 AM
RE: NTFS or FAT32 for an external drive? - by user13774 on 04-25-2005 at 10:23 AM
RE: NTFS or FAT32 for an external drive? - by alegator on 04-25-2005 at 10:40 AM
RE: NTFS or FAT32 for an external drive? - by RaceProUK on 04-25-2005 at 11:42 AM
RE: NTFS or FAT32 for an external drive? - by CookieRevised on 04-25-2005 at 03:46 PM
RE: NTFS or FAT32 for an external drive? - by Exca on 04-25-2005 at 03:50 PM
RE: NTFS or FAT32 for an external drive? - by user13774 on 04-26-2005 at 09:36 AM
RE: NTFS or FAT32 for an external drive? - by CookieRevised on 04-26-2005 at 10:49 PM
RE: NTFS or FAT32 for an external drive? - by user13774 on 04-27-2005 at 11:02 AM
RE: NTFS or FAT32 for an external drive? - by alegator on 04-28-2005 at 02:39 PM
RE: NTFS or FAT32 for an external drive? - by squall_leonhart69r on 04-29-2005 at 11:20 AM
RE: NTFS or FAT32 for an external drive? - by CookieRevised on 04-29-2005 at 01:23 PM
RE: NTFS or FAT32 for an external drive? - by squall_leonhart69r on 04-29-2005 at 01:46 PM
RE: NTFS or FAT32 for an external drive? - by CookieRevised on 04-29-2005 at 01:54 PM
RE: NTFS or FAT32 for an external drive? - by squall_leonhart69r on 04-29-2005 at 02:08 PM
RE: NTFS or FAT32 for an external drive? - by Hank on 04-29-2005 at 02:09 PM
RE: NTFS or FAT32 for an external drive? - by surfichris on 04-29-2005 at 02:09 PM
RE: NTFS or FAT32 for an external drive? - by CookieRevised on 04-29-2005 at 02:15 PM
RE: NTFS or FAT32 for an external drive? - by squall_leonhart69r on 04-29-2005 at 02:31 PM
RE: NTFS or FAT32 for an external drive? - by Hank on 04-29-2005 at 02:36 PM
RE: NTFS or FAT32 for an external drive? - by CookieRevised on 04-29-2005 at 02:39 PM
RE: NTFS or FAT32 for an external drive? - by squall_leonhart69r on 04-29-2005 at 02:40 PM
RE: RE: NTFS or FAT32 for an external drive? - by CookieRevised on 04-29-2005 at 03:09 PM
RE: NTFS or FAT32 for an external drive? - by squall_leonhart69r on 04-29-2005 at 03:15 PM
RE: NTFS or FAT32 for an external drive? - by CookieRevised on 04-29-2005 at 03:21 PM
RE: NTFS or FAT32 for an external drive? - by squall_leonhart69r on 04-29-2005 at 03:26 PM
RE: NTFS or FAT32 for an external drive? - by TheBlasphemer on 04-29-2005 at 03:37 PM
RE: NTFS or FAT32 for an external drive? - by squall_leonhart69r on 04-29-2005 at 03:50 PM
RE: NTFS or FAT32 for an external drive? - by CookieRevised on 04-29-2005 at 04:15 PM
RE: NTFS or FAT32 for an external drive? - by squall_leonhart69r on 04-29-2005 at 04:42 PM
RE: NTFS or FAT32 for an external drive? - by RaceProUK on 04-29-2005 at 05:29 PM
RE: NTFS or FAT32 for an external drive? - by TheBlasphemer on 04-29-2005 at 05:41 PM


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