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12-12-2003, 02:47 PM
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hi, what factors would i take into account when deciding whether to format a windows 2000 partition as ntfs or fat and also the ntfs file system allows files to be compressed or encrypted, which would be best to use to save space
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12-12-2003, 02:53 PM
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The only reason I would use FAT32 for 2000/XP is with a dual boot config in which you needed to share files with 98/ME OS on the dual boot system.
http://www.ntfs.com/ntfs_vs_fat.htm
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12-12-2003, 07:09 PM
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as jimmie says ntfs is a lot better file system than fat32 unless you have a windows 98 or me partition on the same computer which neads access to the win2k partition if you have a network with win98 computers the file system can still be ntfs as the network conection will reed the shared files no problam
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