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Woodchuck
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 Posted: Tue Dec 16, 2003 9:18 am Post subject: NTFS or fat32 for external HD |
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Just wonder if I should, and how to convert my external hard drive to NTFS
before it gets used. Is NTFS more efficient for managing space? I know fat32
has 32k clusters which produced a lot of unused space as I see files which
are on 10k taking a full 32k cluster. How does NTFS deal with this? BTW, I'm
running XP.
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JustMe
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| Posted: Tue Dec 16, 2003 3:17 pm Post subject: Re: NTFS or fat32 for external HD |
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"Woodchuck" <stv_euroski@yahoo.comXXX> wrote in message
news:3fde74f8$0$35833$4d5ecec7@reader.city-net.com...
| Quote: | Just wonder if I should, and how to convert my external hard drive to NTFS
before it gets used. Is NTFS more efficient for managing space? I know
fat32
has 32k clusters which produced a lot of unused space as I see files which
are on 10k taking a full 32k cluster. How does NTFS deal with this? BTW,
I'm
running XP.
Thanks
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You could use Partition Magic, Partition Expert or a couple of others to
convert. But... in my case, my external drive goes everywhere and if like
me, you have to stick it into a cpu running Win98 or 95, then you might want
to leave it as FAT32... unless you have one those programs that allow you to
read NTFS from 98/95
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