Yes yes, I know good look it up on google, but thats takes quite awhile to find the REAL info on the thing you want to know and when you do find something its usaly not really that much info...

Just wondering to expand my knowlage of...computers and BLAH BLAH BLAH!

So tell what is the major difference between NTFS and FAT32

-Chibi

-I HAVE NO IDEA WHAT IM TALKING ABOUT!

[This message has been edited by ChibiMiko (edited 08-21-2002).]

NTFS is proprietary Microsoft shit, but it allows for very specific file security provisions. FAT32 is a generic file system without as many security features.

I consider FAT32 to be superior, because it's readable in Linux and because Windows security is officially an oxymoron.

another feature in NTFS
is files compression and file incryption
in fact files take least space in ntfs than in fat32
however u can only chose only compression or encryption not both

concerning security it's a part of win NT system so even with FAT32 system u can change scurity levels on groups/files/machines etc...... so it has nothing to do with file system

NTFS has persmissions built into it, FAT32 does not.

FAT32 is actually a pretty crappy file system, sorry Theta. FAT32 wastes a lot of disk space by forcing large cluster sizes. UNIX file systems are far superior in almost all aspects... but for the windows world, NTFS seems to be the best however, if you don't need security features and don't care about wasted disk space, FAT32 offers more compatibility.

A useless link from microsoft:
http://www.microsoft.com/windows2000/techinfo/reskit/en/core/fncc_fil_kqxr.htm

A much better link:
http://safari.oreilly.com/main.asp?bookname=w2kperf&snode=64

Enjoy, Chibi my lover.

*high fives cense*
Couldnt have said it better myself.