WINDOWS 2000

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I'm installing Windows 2000 on a laptop I bought and its
asking me to partition either NFST or FAT???? Does
anyone know what the diff is and what I should do??
 
NTFS is the native file system used by Windows NT/2000/XP.
It offers good file access security and it is fault tolerant. If it
develops a flaw that it cannot repair then it can be painful to
repair your Windows installation, especially on a laptop.

FAT32 is a legacy file system that comes from Windows 9x.
It offers no file access security at all and is said to be less
fault tolerant. For very large folders (> 5000 files) it is a fair
bit faster than NTFS. If Win2000 develops a flaw on a FAT32
file system then it is much easier to repair than if the file
system was NTFS.
 
Greetings --

Personally, I wouldn't even consider using FAT32 when NTFS is an
option. FAT32 has no security capabilities, no fault tolerance, and a
lot of wasted hard drive space on volumes larger than 8 Gb in size.

A little "light" reading, and you can make up your own mind URLs
may wrap):

Overview of FAT, HPFS, and NTFS File Systems
http://support.microsoft.com/directory/article.asp?ID=kb;en-us;Q100108

Limitations of FAT32 File System
http://support.microsoft.com/directory/article.asp?ID=kb;en-us;Q184006

Choosing Between File Systems
http://www.microsoft.com/technet/tr...prodtechnol/winntas/tips/techrep/filesyst.asp

NTFS file system
http://www.digit-life.com/articles/ntfs/


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paul said:
I'm installing Windows 2000 on a laptop I bought and its
asking me to partition either NFST or FAT???? Does
anyone know what the diff is and what I should do??
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NTFS enables file-level security and smaller cluster size. There is little
reason to use FAT any more, unless you dual-boot with DOS or other operating
system.
 
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