Re: NTFS vs FAT32 for Specific Application

From: Steve N. (Steve_N_at_nunya.biz.nes)
Date: 01/25/05 

Date: Tue, 25 Jan 2005 12:18:19 -0800

LinusF wrote:

> I have an external 250GB hard drive which will be used almost solely to hold
> images. PSD, TIF, JPG, GIF in that order of frequency. Sizes will range
> from 2GB (a very few), 8-15 MB maybe 10%, 3-6 MB (maybe 40%), 1-3 MB (maybe
> 30%), smaller (all the rest.
> An unknown percentage of the HD will temporarily hold backups from the fixed
> drives.
> Question: which system should provide more space/speed/whatever? I use
> WinXP Pro on both machines this HD will attach to.
> Thanks

Use NTFS, it is much more robust in general and more efficient for large
drives than FAT32 is. There's no reason to use FAT32 unless you need to
access the drive from Win98/ME.

Steve

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