Whats better NTFS or FAT systems? - GoFuckYourself.com

Va2k · 03-23-2004, 09:31 AM

What do you think is better. IM going to be formating this pc once I get my work caugfht upp and want to know what is better? Should I leave it fat or change it to NTFS

TOM

KMR Stitch · 03-23-2004, 09:32 AM

fat32 = Window 98,95

NTFS = Window 2000NT,XP

=^..^= · 03-23-2004, 09:32 AM

I like a good fat

RFlagg · 03-23-2004, 09:33 AM

NTFS all day long...waaay better security...less fragmentation...

dunefield · 03-23-2004, 09:33 AM

Quote:

Originally posted by =^..^=
I like a good fat

hyper · 03-23-2004, 09:33 AM

ntfs is better

if you transfer video u have a 4 gig file limit on Fat

SoundMan · 03-23-2004, 09:34 AM

no FAT please!

Va2k · 03-23-2004, 09:36 AM

Quote:

Originally posted by hyper
ntfs is better

if you transfer video u have a 4 gig file limit on Fat

Okie okie then thats what I will do to this beast. I have it on my laptop but my laptop is way slower its only a pIII1.60gig with 720megs of ram and this beast is a PIIII 2.4gigs 1gig of ram *shrugs*

TOM

garett · 03-23-2004, 09:42 AM

I'll try to explain why NTFS is better.

FAT32 is basically one big extension after another. It evolved from the MS DOS file system.. which was kind of a "baby's first file system". It was limited. It didn't have very good fault protection .. it didn't handle fragmentation well at all. And it's block sizes were 4k I believe. Then FAT16 was born .. followed by FAT32 .. all extensions of eachother.

NTFS was written from the ground up. It is a journaled filesystem .. which means that every single operation that occurs is written in a journal. If the computer crashes and you lose data .. it can recreate blocks from the journal.

It also has other features such as file perrmisions .. and access control lists ... but you really only care about that if you're on a multi-user system.

NTFS is stable.. FAT is not. I really wouldn't trust my data on a FAT system at all.

4Pics · 03-23-2004, 09:43 AM

ntfs is better then you arent stuck with the crappy short file names.

SGS · 03-23-2004, 09:49 AM

NTFS all the way

KRL · 03-23-2004, 10:19 AM

NTFS

riosluts · 03-23-2004, 10:23 AM

Yeah but NTFS is actually slower. But You do get File security
, Encryption, Disk compression and support for large hard disks.
You also get a native support of long file names.

Its a tough decision really. I actually prefer speed to all those

03-23-2004, 10:33 AM

ntfs, of course!

Ad3pt · 03-23-2004, 10:49 AM

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Originally posted by RFlagg
NTFS all day long...waaay better security...less fragmentation...

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hyper Confirmed User Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: Mass Ass Posts: 5,294	ntfs is better if you transfer video u have a 4 gig file limit on Fat __________________

03-23-2004, 09:42 AM	#9
garett Confirmed User Join Date: Mar 2004 Posts: 683	I'll try to explain why NTFS is better. FAT32 is basically one big extension after another. It evolved from the MS DOS file system.. which was kind of a "baby's first file system". It was limited. It didn't have very good fault protection .. it didn't handle fragmentation well at all. And it's block sizes were 4k I believe. Then FAT16 was born .. followed by FAT32 .. all extensions of eachother. NTFS was written from the ground up. It is a journaled filesystem .. which means that every single operation that occurs is written in a journal. If the computer crashes and you lose data .. it can recreate blocks from the journal. It also has other features such as file perrmisions .. and access control lists ... but you really only care about that if you're on a multi-user system. NTFS is stable.. FAT is not. I really wouldn't trust my data on a FAT system at all. __________________

03-23-2004, 09:49 AM	#11
SGS Confirmed User Industry Role: Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: Mallorca - Nottingham Posts: 5,176	NTFS all the way __________________ See sig...

03-23-2004, 09:32 AM	#2
KMR Stitch I am cool Join Date: Jul 2003 Posts: 14,494	fat32 = Window 98,95 NTFS = Window 2000NT,XP

03-23-2004, 09:33 AM	#4
RFlagg Confirmed User Join Date: Oct 2003 Location: Apollo Beach, FL Posts: 128	NTFS all day long...waaay better security...less fragmentation...

03-23-2004, 09:34 AM	#7
SoundMan So Fucking Banned Join Date: Nov 2003 Location: MidWest Posts: 3,471	no FAT please!

03-23-2004, 09:43 AM	#10
4Pics Confirmed User Industry Role: Join Date: Dec 2001 Posts: 7,952	ntfs is better then you arent stuck with the crappy short file names.

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03-23-2004, 10:23 AM	#13
riosluts Confirmed User Join Date: Sep 2003 Posts: 5,250	Yeah but NTFS is actually slower. But You do get File security , Encryption, Disk compression and support for large hard disks. You also get a native support of long file names. Its a tough decision really. I actually prefer speed to all those __________________

03-23-2004, 10:33 AM	#14
Alex Xe Guest Posts: n/a	ntfs, of course!