What is the point of NTFS in XP home? [efs] [ntfs]
Q: So? What is the deal with the perks of NTFS in XP home.
I know its impossible to advanced folder and file securty, so other than EFS (which is pretty pointless to home users) use whats the big catch? Any thoughts?
Best Answer: You don't need partition magic it can be done with one command with on data loss
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/307881
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will tell you how
I see no need to do with if u are using hp home
NTFS has better security and handles permissions a lot better but you cant use these options on XP Home anyway
Re:Please read the FAQs:
FAT32 vs NTFS (http://www.{$MySite}/guides/viewfaq.html?i=63)
What is the difference between WinXP Home and WinXP Pro? (http://www.{$MySite}/guides/viewfaq.html?i=74)
The first FAQ will tell you why NTFS is preferred, the second FAQ will tell you which features are missing from WinXP Home.
Re:I asked the same question myself when I was tweaking a friend's PC. It doesnt use quotas or NTFS permissions, and I didnt think it allowed EFS either. It allows NTFS compression I think. In the end, it's microsoft trying to get rid of nasty legacy things (like the 9x kernel, netbeui, fat(32) etc.) which has to be a good thing.
Re:FAT is old, ugly and needs to die. NTFS is a much better file system over all, it's more efficient and resilient.
Re:I like to think of it this way. Why not?
Re:Originally posted by: guy
So? Whats the deal with the perks of NTFS in XP home.
I know its impossible to use advanced folder and file securty, so other than EFS(which is pretty pointless to the home users)whats the big catch? Any thoughts?
NTFS is more fault tolerant to problems (such as the power being yanked off, for example). So, even without the 'advanced features', it's safer to use.
Bill
Re:Fat32 has limitations on how big your partitions can be. Not to mention, the larger the partition size, the larger the block size. I'm to lazy to do the math right now.
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