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jetdv wrote on 6/13/2002, 2:54 PM
Absolutely. FAT32 limits your file sizes to 4GB. With NTFS, you could fill the entire drive with 1 file. So, your 1 hour 13Gig capture could all be ONE FILE instead of 3 to 7 smaller ones. NTFS is also a more robust file system.
BillyBoy wrote on 6/13/2002, 3:53 PM
Second that. NTFS is a better file system. I recently changed all my drives to that. No more FAT32 for me.
vonhosen wrote on 6/13/2002, 4:22 PM
I also agree. I would also be running my OS on a NTFS drive. You can convert your FAT32 OS drive to NTFS but it is better to start afresh with a re-format.

I actually run Dual boot system with 2 "C drive" partitions , one a FAT32 with Windows 98SE on & one NTFS with XP on.
I've then got 2 further partitions on that first physical drive ,1 NTFS & 1 FAT32.
I've then got a large second physical drive of 1 NTFS partition just for Video.

The bulk of my stuff is done with XP which can see all the drives (except for the hidden Win 98SE FAT32 obviously) & I have that second FAT 32 partition on the first physical drive so that 98SE & XP can share anything on there.

jeffy82 wrote on 6/14/2002, 10:23 AM
I would definately change the 2nd Drive over to NTFS. It's wonderful when you're capturing long videos.

I would be a bit more causious when it comes to switching, or even installing your OS "System" partition on NTFS. According to a tech from RecoverNT software, he indicated that when it comes to recovery, the directory structure is much more easily recovered than with NTFS, not to mentiont that FAT32 is slightly faster, and there are many disk utilities that will FAT32 but not NTFS.

I do like Vonhosen's solution, because then you always will have the ability to boot into a FAT32 partition with a floppy if need be. You can't do that with NTFS.

jeffy82
inspector wrote on 6/14/2002, 11:07 AM
NTFS is apparently the way to go...A friend of mine inadvertantly recorded 13 hours of the Sci-Fi channel - 53GB. He was able to open it, play it and edit it with no problems other than it taking a long time to save changes.

Steve
fuzzzzy wrote on 6/14/2002, 6:54 PM
Hi guys,
thanks for thr replies :)

Alot of food for thought......

I think I'll start of converting my video HD to NTFS with Partionmagic..

thanks, fuzzzzy