RE: convert external drive?
- From: usasma <usasma@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Thu, 23 Jun 2005 07:14:07 -0700
Using a free utility, such as the NTFS Reader for DOS from SysInternals,
will allow you to read the files on a FAT32 based system. The main reason
for NTFS is an increased amount of security, in my opinion, and if you're not
concerned about prying eyes I'd stay with FAT32 for ease of use.
"AmeBa" wrote:
> Our current computer runs Windows XP with a hard drive partitioned into C:
> (FAT32) and D: (NTFS) drives. While the majority of the available space was
> given to the D: drive, we keep our files, programs, and whatnot on the C:
> drive. (I think D: mostly gets the system restore files and such.) We
> recently purchased a Western Digital 160GB external drive to back up our
> information. Right now, everything is FAT32, and the external drive is also
> FAT32.
>
> Here's my question: Should I reformat the external drive to NTFS before
> copying any files or programs to it? My thought is more to the future, as
> even though we do not currently use the D: drive, we may very well some
> day--and those files would be in NTFS. I don't know a lot about these things,
> but I do know that FAT32 can be stored in and coverted to NTFS while it
> doesn't work the other way around. I'd like to make sure I don't have to buy
> yet another external drive or back myself into a corner somewhere down the
> road by not planning ahead right now.
>
> And if reformatting is my smartest option, what's the best way to go about it?
>
> Thanks for the help.
>
.
- References:
- convert external drive?
- From: AmeBa
- convert external drive?
- Prev by Date: Re: Can't change read-only attribute on files
- Next by Date: Re: can't send email
- Previous by thread: Re: convert external drive?
- Next by thread: Re: convert external drive?
- Index(es):
Relevant Pages
|
