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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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gotrootdude

· #2 · Jan 10, 2005

Video files makes it obvious you should use NTFS.. Fat32 has size restraints that sooner or later you'll run into with large video files.

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.. (This is with the win2000 pro OS, it may be easier with win XP)

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gotrootdude

· #5 · Jan 11, 2005

You might lose a little space by not optimizing the clusters. but it's minimal. I wouldn't be concerned about it. i mean, what's the difference between a 80gig drive and a 79.8gig drive.. Not too much.

Overall, your talking about saving a few kilobytes, maybe...

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