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When you install Windows 2000/XP especially, you will surely question at blocking hard disk partition when you format the NTFS or FAT. What is NTFS? What is FAT? Which is better? To answer this question is not unduly difficult. Almost all users of Windows xp * definitely * choose NTFS because NTFS and offers better security / safety of more than FAT. here of explain what the difference in the FAT and NTFS so that we can choose and where a more appropriate NTFS VS FAT.
Windows Xp have 3 filesystems
1. 16 FAT = File Allocation Table 16
2. 32 FAT = File Allocation Table 32
3. = NT NTFS File System
• FAT16
FAT16 introduced by MS-DOS-1981 (really long). Initially, this system designed to manage files on the drive and Floopy several times so that change is used to manage files on the hard disk. The advantage is FAT16 file system is compatible to almost all the Operating System be it Windows 95/98/ME, OS / 2, Linux and even Unix. But behind that problem most of the capacity FAT16 is still the number of cluster in the partition, so the bigger the hard disk cluster size will be large, meaning that any small file will take 32Kb of disk. This is another ugly FAT16 does not support compression, encryption and access control in the partition.
• FAT32
FAT32 start in the know on the Windows 95 SP2 system, and is developing more than FAT16. FAT32 offers the ability to accommodate total a larger cluster in the partition. Its also hard to develop the ability to be better than FAT16. However, FAT32 has a weakness that does not have the FAT16 is limited Operating System that can recognize FAT32. Unlike FAT16 which can be met by almost all the Operating System, but it is not a problem when you are running FAT32 on a Windows Xp Windows Xp because no matter what the file system in use on the partition.
• NTFS
NTFS introduce the first in the Windows NT file system and is truly a different appeal in the FAT technology. NTFS offers security that are far better, file compression, cluster support, and even data encryption. NTFS is the standard file system for Windows Xp and when you upgrade Windows normally you will be ask if you want to upgrade to NTFS or keep using the FAT. However, if you are upgrading on Windows Xp and not make changes to NTFS is not a problem because you can convert it to NTFS at any time. But remember that if you are using NTFS akan problems if you want to downgrade to FAT without losing data.
Generally on NTFS are not compatible with other Operating System installed on the same computer (Double OS) does not detected even if you do use the Start up Boot Floopy. Therefore, it is highly recommended to you to provide a small partition just to use the FAT file system at the beginning of the partition. This partition you can use to save the Recovery Tool if the problem gets. But with technology now that Windows Xp Recovery Tool have their own, I think it is not so important because the ability Recovery Tool from the Windows Xp is quite good.
If you run more than 1 Operating System on your pc, you may need to provide for the FAT partition. You can enter the file / program to partition because FAT can be accessed by any Operating System on your hard disk. But the need to remember, FAT does not have any security in the data and all the installed Operating System 100% have access to the partition using the FAT (read, write, delete, execute). In other cases, can even be done across the network when connected so do not store important files in the FAT system.
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