File Systems

[Gunwitch]

Ok i have a 80gig hd.
6.5 of it is my main os space with FAT32 file system.
The rest is NTFS.
Would this cause a conflict because once again my system has decided tostart locking up and beeping like a really loud beeping thing again.

All i have done recently is installed the latest Nvidia drivers the other day.

Any useful or helpful advice would be appreciated.

[TargetPractice]

Let us all bear witness to the power of Google (http://www.google.ie).

Choosing between NTFS, FAT, and FAT32 (http://www.microsoft.com/resources/documentation/windows/xp/all/proddocs/en-us/choosing_between_ntfs_fat_and_fat32.mspx)
Limitations of the FAT32 File System in Windows XP (http://support.microsoft.com/kb/314463/EN-US/)
To convert a volume to NTFS from the command prompt (http://www.microsoft.com/resources/documentation/windows/xp/all/proddocs/en-us/convert_to_ntfs_using_command.mspx)

Having said all that, as long as you don't exceed the size limitations for FAT32, which you don't appear to be doing, it should peacefully co-exist with its NTFS brethren. Suspecting file system conflicts as the cause of system instability should be down the list well after many other things.

It's not beyond the capabilities of nVidia to release a driver that won't play nice with one's particular configuration. Try rolling back to the drivers you had previously.

[Saint]

ntfs is more secure and stable, and lneeds defragging less often. ntfs also loses a tiny bit of speed compared to ntfs, but its not noticable.
personaly i always go for ntfs, and 6.5 for a main partition seems a bit low to me.

try sommat like partition magic and merge the 2 partitions AFTER you've converted the fat32 section to ntfs.

better still but we a new instalation formated to ntfs

[Rob]

Originally posted by Saint@Nov 17 2004, 09:16 AM
ntfs also loses a tiny bit of speed compared to ntfs, but its not noticable.
:huh: :huh:

:P

[TargetPractice]

6.5 for a main partition seems a bit low to me

I'm talking to you from a machine that has a 4GB partition for Win2K. It's fine as long as one installs all programs on another partition. I have here another partition for swap and another for temp.

Partition magic is indeed a handy tool.

try sommat like partition magic and merge the 2 partitions AFTER you've converted the fat32 section to ntfs.
Be careful though. If you've installed everything into partition D: and you merge C: and D: into C: all paths in the registry entries and elsewhere that point to D: need to be changed. Good luck.

better still but we a new instalation formated to ntfs
I've never before encountered this dialect of English.

[epoch]

What's on the NTFS partition? What's on the FAT32 partition? Which partition is first?

Can the NTFS partition be deleted?

If so, I think you could convert the FAT32 to NTFS then make it a dynamic volume. Then, you can extend the dynamic volume to fill up the space the old NTFS partition used.

[Saint]

here here what he said