Re: NTFS vs FAT32 for Specific Application

From: Yves Leclerc (yleclercNOSPAM_at_maysys.com)
Date: 01/25/05 

Date: Tue, 25 Jan 2005 15:38:21 -0500

FAT32 limitations:

        Can not create/format partition greater than 32GB
        File size must be less than or equal to 4GB (???)
        No files/folder security.

"Steve N." <Steve_N@nunya.biz.nes> wrote in message
news:%23X89DsxAFHA.1404@TK2MSFTNGP11.phx.gbl...
> 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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