Thanks Peter!
I am installing a 13gig hd in my NT box so I intend to use NTFS for
that drive. I will keep the OS and most of the software on a FAT
partition on a separate drive though. The 13 gig drive will be a
dedicated to storing dig audio.

Peter Haller wrote:
>>Depends. Are you going to be dealing with large partitions?
>>
>>NTFS has some overhead, but in general it is acceptable as a file
>>system for streaming media. Depends on how you will be stressing
>>your system and what kind of track counts (actually file counts)
you
>>are targetting.
>>
>>Head to head, FAT16 will outperform NTFS. If you are dealing with 2
>>gig partitions, then FAT16 is the way to go. If you are working
only
>>in NT and have large partitions, then NTFS is the only out of the
box
>>way to go.
>>
>>There is a 3rd party FAT32 file system for NT 4 that is available.
>>FAT32 will solve the large partition and is snappier than NTFS. Of
>>course with Win2000 this is also part of the OS support.
>>wwww.wininternals.com I believe.
>>
>>I use NTFS all the time, and don't run into problems. It is a much
>>more intelligent file system and has never caused me any problems
or
>>performances hits.
>>
>>Peter
>>
>>
>>Erich Grube wrote:
>>>>Anybody have any data on which file system is preferable
>>>>under NT, the standard FAT16 or the NT specific NTFS?
>>>>Thanks!