and can I reformat using the other system (ntsc) because fat32 takes an age when it comes to defrag but ntsc is much faster
2006-12-11 05:54:21 · 9 answers · asked by Grae(ME) 2 in Computers & Internet ➔ Hardware ➔ Laptops & Notebooks
NTFS is just a newer operating system. If you have XP it is simple to convert without having to reformat the hard drive
Taken from microsoft knowledgebase
To convert a FAT partition to NTFS, follow these steps:
1. Click Start, click Run, type cmd, and then click OK.
2. At the command prompt, type CONVERT driveletter: /FS:NTFS.
3. Convert.exe attempts to convert the partition to NTFS.
2006-12-11 06:15:31 · answer #1 · answered by Gordon B 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
fat32 is an old format developed by Microsoft for MS-DOS. Your hard drive maybe older and hence the fat32 format. Or perhaps it is in Windows ME or 98?
Microsoft have replaced the FAT system with NTSC so as to improve file management.
Here are some links to the different file formats. Hope it helps! :)
2006-12-11 06:02:21 · answer #2 · answered by jian_te 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I cannot think of a good reason why laptops come with the drives formatted as FAT32. Maybe it's something to do with aftercare support?
Since I have switched to NTFS, I have experienced no problems.
Be aware the often Linux will not be able to write to NTFS. This would be relevent if you decided to dual boot, or use a Linux Live CD to rescue your machine from a failure.
NTFS only works with Windows 2000, XP and above.
2006-12-11 06:00:48 · answer #3 · answered by helpmv 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
NTFS is usually better than Fat32. There are a few cases where NTFS is a bad idea. The first is limited space. For <1GIG space, FAT32 might be useful. The second is cross-OS partitions. For example, Linux access to NTFS isn't exactly ideal.
But otherwise, yes, definitely use NTFS.
2006-12-11 05:57:32 · answer #4 · answered by csanon 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
You may even be able to convert the file system to NTFS with out having to format the hard drive using the convert command.
2006-12-11 06:08:01 · answer #5 · answered by Chris F 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
You might want to use FAT32 if you are running Windows 95, 98, or ME as well.
2006-12-11 05:58:52 · answer #6 · answered by Wyleeguy 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
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2016-11-25 21:01:19 · answer #7 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
fat32 stinks convert it into ntfs
2006-12-11 15:48:58 · answer #8 · answered by keyie3 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Basically it is more secure with NTSC
2006-12-11 17:34:18 · answer #9 · answered by Intel369 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋