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Whether a partition is formatted with NTFS or converted using the convert command, NTFS is the better choice of
file system. (For more information about Convert.exe, after completing Setup, click Start, click Run, type cmd, and
then press ENTER. In the command window, type help convert and then press ENTER.)
In order to maintain access control on files and folders and support limited accounts, you must use NTFS. If you use
FAT32, all users will have access to all files on your hard drive, regardless of their account type (administrator, lim-
ited, or standard.)
NTFS is the file system that works best with large disks. (The next best file system for large disks is FAT32.)
There is one situation in which you might want to choose FAT or FAT32 as your file system. If it is necessary to have a
computer that will sometimes run an earlier version of Windows and other times run Windows XP, you will need to
have a FAT or FAT32 partition as the primary (or startup) partition on the hard disk. Earlier versions of Windows
cannot access a partition if it uses the latest version of NTFS. The two exceptions are Windows 2000 and Windows
NT 4.0 with Service Pack 4 or later. Windows NT 4.0 with Service Pack 4 or later has access to partitions with the
latest version of NTFS, but with some limitations: It cannot access files that have been stored using NTFS features
that did not exist when Windows NT 4.0 was released.
For anything other than a situation with multiple operating systems, however, the recommended file system is NTFS.
Important
Once you convert a drive or partition to NTFS, you cannot simply convert it back to FAT or FAT32. You
will need to reformat the drive or partition which will erase all data including programs and personal
files on the partition.
The following table describes the compatibility of each file system with various operating systems.
NTFS
A computer running Windows XP or Windows
2000 can access files on an NTFS partition. A
computer running Windows NT 4.0 with
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FAT
Access is available through
MS-DOS, all versions of
Windows, Windows NT,
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FAT32
Access is available only through
Windows 95 OSR2, Windows
98, Windows Millennium