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March 9th, 2004 15:00

Changing XP's NTFS to FAT32 question ??

I'd like to get some input on this thought. There are some who believe Fat32 would be a better option for certain reasons. One poster says that "data recovery from a system boot failure is more stubborn if a user does not have the domain knowledge of hard disk drives and FS structures. For this reason I would recommend your FS be FAT32". I tend to agreee with him, but I'm not nearly as experienced. I certainly hope he doesn't object to me quoting him.

Since I'm gonna use PM8 to add partitions to my harddrive, I can change the file structure as I go.

Beyond the obvious advantages that NTFS gives XP, why should I not change the structure back to Fat32? Would this be a dangerous thing to do? I'm interested in you opinions and thoughts.

Thanks, Jim.