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choosing FAT32 vs NFTS for Hard drive?

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berndawg84

Discussion Starter · Jan 10, 2005

Hi..I wanted to buy an external USB hard drive strictly for storage, so just for holding music and video files etc, no programs. Which is the better option for me then, FAT or NFTS? Also, should I have the company that I buy the hard drive from format it for me in FAT or NFTS (for $10) or save myself the money and do it myself, if it's not too complicated? thanks

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ashnan

· #4 · Jan 11, 2005

gotrootdude said:
Formating the drive is quite simple. Just plug it in, go into your control panel, administrative tools, computer management, disk management, click on the drive and choose format..

When formatting using Win XP's Disk Management tool, what cluster size does it use when creating the partition? I read somewhere that Windows partitions drives using a cluster size larger than 4 KB thereby wasting space. It was recommended to use software like Partition Magic etc to do this.

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