NTFS OR FAT32

[brisa4984]

Ok chaps.. Im not technical minded unfortunately

Im rebooting my computer and came accross this screen

Im firstly going to delete all partitions and create one.

But which one do I go for? Just want a standard operating system? Normal if thats anything to go by.

Any ideas?

 

[brisa4984]

Theres also "quick" options as in..

Fat32 (quick)
Fat32
NTFS (quick)
NTFS

 

[sn00p]

ntfs.

 

[sn00p]

quick only initialises the file system tables.

the others check every block on the disk. slow.

I only ever do quick formats on PC's because I can't be arsed to wait.

 

[Final Maxim]

quick ntfs ftw

 

[brisa4984]

humm... guess ill go for NTFS quick

cheers guys.

 

[ViolentJ]

You're formatting and reinstalling. Rebooting is when you restart your computer.

 

[matt|H]

Full NTFS.

FAT32 is an older file system with (IIRC) 4GB file transfer limits.

 

[bmh.01]

Full NTFS.

FAT32 is an older file system with (IIRC) 4GB file transfer limits.

Only can have up to 4gb files, theres no real reason to use fat32 for the last 8 years or so tbh.

 

[Darren S]

NTFS all the way.....

D.

 

[Mike_182]

Full NTFS.

FAT32 is an older file system with (IIRC) 4GB file transfer limits.

Only can have up to 4gb files, theres no real reason to use fat32 for the last 8 years or so tbh.

Marginal performance benefit of FAT32 over NTFS, as NTFS has a lot of overhead to run it's security features. However, in saying that you'll never notice the difference and as has been said the NTFS file system is much more advanced. On anything except the most performance-critical systems NTFS is the way forward. God only knows why manufacturers put anything else on their systems.

 

[Mark One]

as said, 4gb file limit on fat32

NTFS is regarded as being more stable.

and go for the quick, there isnt a disadvantage

 

[MikeyK18]

ntfs quick

 

[brisa4984]

You're formatting and reinstalling. Rebooting is when you restart your computer.

lol oh yeah

 

[brisa4984]

thanks again chaps... formatted and reinstalling done

 

[Daz]

Full NTFS.

FAT32 is an older file system with (IIRC) 4GB file transfer limits.

Only can have up to 4gb files, theres no real reason to use fat32 for the last 8 years or so tbh.

Cross OS compatibility.
A lot of operating systems, only have experimental or no NTFS write support.. only read.

NTFS is a proprietary filesystem, which is why it's always very experimental writing to it from anything but Windows.

If you run exclusively Windows, then use NTFS as FAT32 doesn't support acl's etc.