NTSF vs FAT32

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  1. death_samurai

    death_samurai Ancient Guru

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    I understand that FAT32 is unable to store large files bigger than 5GB in size or something like that while ntsf doesn;t have such a limit?


    Also is it true that it's faster to access data from ntsf vs a fat32 system?

    I'm currently listening to some songs on an external hdd fat32 and it sometimes takes a few moments to acess a song but this doesn't happen on my internal hdds. I'm just wondering is it cos of the usb connection which should be slower tha sata or the file system.

    Someone pls tell.
     
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  3. death_samurai

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    OKay converted my hdd damn it access the files much faster. :banana::banana:
     

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    I use exFAT for external drives & the access time is phenomenal.
     
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    What's exfat?


    Well for me i'm i just converted it to ntfs and suddenly i can acess files quicker and not to mention ntfs files tend to be hardier and do not get corrupted easily.
     
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    Fyi, if you got a ps3 and wanna hook up an external usb drive, it HAS to be fat32 formatted.
     
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    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ExFAT
    It has a MUCH faster access time then FAT32 & NTFS in real world applications. I've tested each one myself. It really depends on you external hard drive size.
     
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    to answer your question directly, the limit is 32 Gig partion's and 4 primary partions per drive.
     

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    What's your cluster size?
     
  12. ShadowMyth

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    I just set it to default which for the drive size would be 128 KB.
     
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    Do i need to install other stuff to convert my hdd from ntfs to this exfat?


    I merely used some commands on dos to convert fat32 to ntfs.
     
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    The link squirrel007 posted above will show you how. It's just commands.
     
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    Interesting..think I'll check it out :)

    I'm guessing it can't be used on a boot partition though? Amirite?
     
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    Btw in answer to ur question: forget about FAT32 it's old tech...only used for compatibility really.
     
  17. TroM

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    Here is a chart:
    http://www.ntfs.com/ntfs_vs_fat.htm

    I'm using NTFS with a 16KB allocation.... I usually transfer files that are 4GB+. This is with a USB flash drive btw.... I'm using a Verbatim 16GB and a Corsair Voyager 16GB.

    Because I transfer large files, NTFS is slightly faster than exFAT... Though I realize you are using a harddrive with eSATA and you plan to run realtime apps from there. If you have a USB external HDD all I have to ask is..... why????

    exFAT should do the trick though.
     
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    whom are u adressing this post to?
     
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    Well my hdd already has stuff when i comvetred it to ntfs it also had stuff in it but no problem. I need to format it to get it back to fat so forget it. I;'ll stay with ntfs.
     
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    I never tried it, but I'm assuming you can't. I'd use it mainly for eSata, USB, & Firewire drives. I'd love to see a benchmark of a SSD formatted in exFAT!
     

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