FAT32 vs NTFS

[PP Mguire]

yes you will see a speed increase. i did at least.

 

[TheMajor]

FAT32 is faster on small partitions. Use NTFS. It's better. More features and large file support. FAT32 is limited to 4GB files.

 

[PP Mguire]

i didnt know that about fat32. i just knwe it was old and some other things. guess you learn something new eveyday.

 

[desiboi]

Yeah, so if you have a movie that's about 10 giga-bytes [that's how much mine are], you won't be able to put in on a FAT32

 

[PP Mguire]

i kinda figured that lol

 

[Apokalipse]

NTFS tries to keep its files unfragmented
NTFS by default has small cluster sizes (512 bytes) so there is not much waste of space when a file doesn't use all the cluster's space

 

[SkyHi]

Like apokalipse says, the cluster size with NTFS is a standarn 512 bytes, which you can change, however, to be larger. This allows less disk-waste, and also will be _slower_ with the smaller cluster sizes, but nothing that you'd notice. (slower b/c more clusters)

 

[PP Mguire]

meh, even w/ more clusters it still wipes the charts over fat32. i have found it defrags faster to.

 

[SkyHi]

With XP? That's because it's defragmenting different.

 

[PP Mguire]

but of course, but oyu cant use ntfs w/ 98, me, or 95. that is what im talking aboutl.