FW: [Ham-Computers] Why Fat32

[RJD]

-----Original Message-----
From: NJ9K [mailto:nj9k at arrl.net] 
Sent: Monday, November 07, 2005 01:57
To: 'Computers (or other) used for amateur radio, communications, or
experimenting'
Subject: RE: [Ham-Computers] Why Fat32

XP can read disk formats down (i.e. FAT32,FAT16,FAT) and NTFS but Win 9x/ME
cannot read NTFS format based on file naming conventions (256 vs. 11).
 
Correct me if I'm wrong.
 
Dick, NJ9K

-----Original Message-----
From: ham-computers-bounces at mailman.qth.net
[mailto:ham-computers-bounces at mailman.qth.net] On Behalf Of Philip Atchley
Sent: Sunday, November 06, 2005 23:27
To: Computers
Subject: [Ham-Computers] Why Fat32

Hi all,

Just a quick question here.  Not to long ago I received my new computer 
(built to order Systemax).  It has dual 80GB SATA drives (Western 
Digital) and is running XP Pro (fastest critter I've ever seen).

One thing that I noticed is that they have the drives set up as FAT32 
rather than NTFS (which I used on the old machine running XP Pro).  I 
was under the impression that the NTFS file system is the "preferred" 
system for XP as it is more efficient and secure than the older FAT32.  
Can anyone here think of some good reasons that Systemax may have set 
the drives up as FAT32?  Could the Hyper Threading processor (Pentium 4, 
551 cpu) have anything to do with it?

No I don't intend to change it as the machine has a one year on-site 
warranty and I don't want to mess that up.  It just has my curiosity 
aroused.

73 de Phil  KO6BB


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