fat32 vs ntfs

[momen]

my os is windos xp home edition

p IV 2.4 , 80 gb WD hdd , tv capture card and ati 9100 vga card 128 ddr.

motherboard intel by intel.

i use my pc to creat animation , 3d and video editing



i want to format the hdd and reinstall my os again .

the present setting for my hdd partitions is fat 32 .


i asked about he difference between the fat32 and ntfs but i didn't have a specific answer .


so what is the difference between fat32 and ntfs .

what is better for my kind of work to use in my next setting and why ?


thank you.

 

[dbk4297]

Hi,

If you do digital editing you may have very large file sizes. FAT32 has a file size limit of only 4GB which would hinder your editing of video.
NTFS has a file size limit of 16 exabytes, much larger than any hard drive now made.

Stick to NTFS, if for only that one reason.

Darrell,

http://home.pacbell.net/dbk4297/

 

[momen]

Thank you for your reply



// FAT32 has a file size limit of only 4GB //



what do you mean about file size limit ?


// NTFS has a file size limit of 16 exabytes //


what is an exabyte !!

is there another reason to choose ntfs ?

 

[TekTippy4U]

Read this....for starters

http://www.pcguide.com/ref/hdd/file/ntfs/index.htm

4GB limit means if you try to save 1 file larger than that,you've got problems...

1 Exabyte=2^64 power=17,179,869,184 Terrabytes......

TT4U

Notification:
These are just "my" thoughts....and should be carefully measured against other opinions....I try very hard to impart correct info at all times.

 

[dbk4297]

Hi again,

Win98 has a 4 GigaByte file limit.
This means that no one file can be larger that 4 GB in size. If you edit video you may find that 1 hour of video uses 12 GB or more of disk space.

NTFS has a file size limit of 16 exabytes.
An exabyte equals 1,000,000,000 GB. Thats a bunch ain't it?

NTFS has many other uses that FAT32 does not, like the ability to encript files. But since you mentioned video editing the most important aspect for your is the file size limit of FAT32.



Darrell,

http://home.pacbell.net/dbk4297/

 

[momen]

thank you for your great information .

that is the first time i hear about the exa and terra byte.

so what about the stability and data processing.

NTFS will be faster and more stable or that depends on the processor and the HD it self ( mine is WD 80 gb 7200 ).


thank you very much.

 

[edemiere]

Yep, and if your OS crashes and you aren't an top-notch at hard disk recovery expert, you can kiss your files goodbye on NTFS as well.

Don't let everyone bait you into thinking that NTFS is a perfect solution, because it is not. I personally don't and won't use it because its very difficult to get info off of NTFS drives vs. FAT32.

Just my 2 cents.

Cheers!

 

[cdogg]

Stability and speed are controversial. Some will contest that FAT32 is faster while NTFS is more reliable. And then again, you will find others that say the complete opposite.

The restrictions that dbk4297 mentioned along with the security features that NTFS supports should be the main focus between the two file systems. There's no clear advantage to using FAT32 over NTFS unless you plan on interfacing with older operating systems or non-Windows platforms.


~cdogg
[tab]"The secret to creativity is knowing how to hide your sources"
[tab][tab]- A. Einstein

 

[braddds]

I'm with edemiere on this one...only because I'm used to the fat32 system and all you can do from dos if trouble arises. I also do some video editing and have not run into the 4 gb limit...yet! However, if you have, or will have issues with file sizes then NTFS is the only real solution.

As for security, NTFS again gets the nod, I've setup pc's that appear nearly hardwired with w2k and NTFS...something that would have been much more difficult in fat32, if not impossible.

Stability, well I'm of the school that w2k and xp are much more stable than win9x but that is an OS issue rather than NTFS vs fat32.

Speed is relative, I run both NTFS and fat32 on the pc's I own and the only real speed benefits come from fast equipment and/or a well tweaked system OS.

My personal pc runs XP Pro on a P4 2 ghz with fat32 where as my server is a w2k PIII 500 hz with NTFS. Both systems are stable and secure. The XP system is obviously much faster and I do every thing from gaming, email, web, video editing and burning. However I use my w2k system to watch videos on my TV and it does so without any real problems. You're milage may vary!

Cheers