Re: Fat32 vs NTFS ?

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From: Ad (graphi47uk_at_y.a.h.o.o.co.uk)
Date: 02/28/05 

Date: Mon, 28 Feb 2005 08:43:08 +0000

DevilsPGD wrote:

>>Correct, so if you are using NTFS or fat32, you still lose the data.
>
>
> The difference is the amount of data lost -- With NTFS there is no
> single cluster or even set of contiguous clusters that would result in
> the drive being lost.
>
> In addition, there is no disk operation which will result in data loss
> if the system is powered off mid-write. Obviously if an application is
> writing a file to disk, any part of that file which hasn't been saved
> will be lost, but the file system itself will be able to rollback to the
> previous state.
>
I know what you are saying and I know you are right, in that respect.

>>But surley this would be slower, due to the compression
>
>
> NTFS compression is typically noticeably slower on a 486 or a first
> generation Pentium. Anything newer will handle it efficiently enough
> that even in a worst case scenario, the CPU usage is negligible (And the
> decompression happens faster then the drive can read)

But will most people really know it is there and use it? in fact will
most people have any need forit? I doubt I would.

>>But not for the normal person in the street who just wants to use their
>>computer, for writing the odd letter, surfing the net and playing a few
>>games.
>
>
> This candidate will rarely be appending files, they will normally be
> creating new files -- This is what NTFS is optimized for (With regards
> to avoiding fragmentation)

so FAT32 is ok for most people than and as I said before, NTFS get
fragmented more often
>
>>That is a slow hard drive? most of them are around 7200 now, or are
>>laptop hard drives slower?
>
>
> Laptop drives are slower. My desktop's primary drives run at 10,000rpm,
> but it's still noticeably faster to read compressed data then non
> compressed data if the compression ratio is 2:1 or higher.

I see, I do not use a Laptop, so never looked into them.

>>But how many people would really need to use it and to be honest, how
>>many people would know how to use it?
>
>
> It's one checkbox when the drive is formatted, after that every file
> created on the drive will be compressed automatically.
>

But how many people knows about it? I been using computers for years and
yes I did know that NTFS had some sort of compression, but I know very
little about it.

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