NTFS OR FAT 32 ?

Hello Friends.

One of the most common question that one can ask during formatting hard disk drive is about the partition format. “Which partition format to use out of NTFS and FAT32 , isn’t it?”

For many of you this question remains unsolved.So, let’s try to solve this problem right now. Truel speaking  there’s no hard and fast rule to format our hard disk drive. But files systems NTFS and FAT 32 have certain advantages. Example NTFS is more reliable in terms of security and provide more flexibility to the system , Whereas in  some system configurations FAT32 is
a master choice.Also if you are using windows 98 its advisable to go with FAT32 System because Windows 95/98/Me is unable to deal with NTFS Format.

Now let’s talk about Security. Using NTFS volume,its easier to restrict access to files and folders by using permissions option but on a FAT or FAT32 drive, anyone with physical access to your computer can access any files stored on that drive that i am sure you will never want if the document is secret or important.

DISK Error……. ….. ……

You might have seen Disk error check during the start of your system. NTFS volumes have ability to recover from disk errors more readily as compare to your FAT/FAT32 drive. Hence Windows XP repair file system errors automatically when the system is restarted (in case of NTFS).  On the other hand  FAT and FAT32 drives are more prone to disk related errors.

Partition Size o you know  the maximum partition size for a FAT32 drive created by Windows XP can only be upto 32 GB whereas a single NTFS volume can carry 16,384 GB (16
terabytes) and also there is a good scope if you want to expand storage on existing drive letters. Interestingly you need not to take  back up, repartition, reformat or  restore in doing  so.

 

Best of luck