Re: FAT and NTFS

Choosing between NTFS, FAT, and FAT32
http://www.microsoft.com/resources/documentation/windows/xp/all/proddocs/en-us/choosing_between_ntfs_fat_and_fat32.mspx

NTFS vs. FAT: Which Is Right for You?
http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/using/setup/expert/russel_october01.mspx

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Hope this helps. Let us know.

Wes
MS-MVP Windows Shell/User

In news:688A5E4F-2E92-4EB1-99D7-89BC18D4BC45@xxxxxxxxxxxxx,
Jayso <jayso_chinnery@xxxxxxxxxxx(nospam)> hunted and pecked:
> do you know of any links to find out about the "many other things that FAT
> doesn't" have?
>
> --
> Jayso
>
> "Phlip" wrote:
>
>> (sorry if ths appears twice, the site did weird things when I clicked
>> Post)
>>
>> FAT is frankly only good for linux access. In all other respects, NTFS is
>> better.
>>
>> It has better security controls, allows file compression, and many other
>> things that FAT doesn't.
>>
>> However Linux support for NTFS is limited to reading for now, of you
>> need to be able to write to the disk from linux, you need to use FAT.
>>
>> You shouldn't have to though. if you need to copy a file from windows to
>> linux you can do that with a read-only windows partition, and if you
>> need to copy a file from linux to windows, you can use a tool like
>> http://uranus.it.swin.edu.au/~jn/linux/explore2fs.htm
>>
>> "Jayso" wrote:
>>
>>> Ok, i've got a couple of things i'm gonna do with my PC. First i plan to
>>> reformat both 80GB Hard-drives, and then i plan to install a
>>> dual-booting computer with XP Home and Red Hat Linux Fedora Core
>>>
>>> The only thing is that Fedora Core can only read files in VFAT.
>>> Currently I am running in NTFS. So all i'm want is to know the
>>> difference between the two, and the advantages and disadvantages of
>>> each (if applicable)
>>>
>>> Thanks for ur replies
>>> --
>>> Jayso

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