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doctrin13th
10-14-2008, 02:39 AM
What's the difference between NTFS and FAT32 file system?
In structure, speed and other significant factors?

123456
10-14-2008, 06:04 PM
NTFS is better if your drive is large (20GB+). Also, FAT32 is limited to 4GB file sizes. Meaning DVD iso images cannot be stored on a FAT32 partition. FAT32 tends to slow down as more directories are created over time.

PrntRhd
10-14-2008, 10:43 PM
Here is a Wiki on the NTFS and some of the advantages:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NTFS_file_system

FrankSG
10-15-2008, 01:21 PM
I recently bought an 8gig thumb drive. The instructions said to format it to FAT32. I wondered at the time why the instructions didn't say format to NTFS.