I am re-installing Windows XP Home SP2 on my laptop and I need to know if I should format it FAT32 or NTFS...?

Question

and why?

Answer 1

formating ur hard drive using ntfs or fat32 usually depend on how much space is ur hard drive,and u ar using ur pc for.
NTFS has some advantages that is not available in FAT32 like:
1-formating more than 80gb of partition space from inside the windows xp.
2-access faster to ur files and folders,ntfs file system creat a file called MFT(Master File Table)include information about ur hard disk files and folders for easy and quick access.
3-ur files will be more secure
4-ntfs file system format ur partiton with 4mb cluster size which mean the files will take much little space than with the fat32....and the wasting space on the hard drive will be reduced.
5-ntfs can treat and handle a file size with more than 4GB,like the iso files created by dvd.

Answer 2

This is a answer that I can really give,I'm working with computers for the past 7 years so I will say that is better if you format in NTFS,Why?,Because that is the original settings that all the laptops have,All the setting and all the drivers and all the files Cam's with that setting, unless you have a really small hard disk in your PC then you select FAT32,NOW!,Why is that?,well because from what I understand FAT32 settings just let you install the necessary files to make your PC running but then you will need those files that are not installed when you connect anything to your PC or you want to upgrade a program.

Answer 3

if u r installing to c drive format it with ntfs......the drive which has the operating system shoud be ntfs..its nt a rule...but its more stable and secured...other drives can be fat32...

reason is stability...and it will not crash.........in simple words

Answer 4

I think you will find most current PCs use NTFS. You can check out this article.

http://www.g4tv.com/techtvvault/features/24653/NTFS_Versus_Fat32.html

Answer 5

NTFS