When installing Windows 2000 or Windows XP, you have to decide the evergreen question: Should I choose FAT32 or NTFS and why?当安装Windows 2000或Windows XP ,你必须决定长荣问:我应该选择FAT32或NTFS和,为什么呢? Today I will try to answer it once and for all.今天,我将尝试回答一劳永逸的。

Note: I haven’t discussed FAT file system because it is very much obsolete with todays high volume hard-disks.注:我并没有讨论FAT档案系统,因为它是非常过时的,与今日的高容量硬磁碟。 The real choice is between FAT32 and NTFS真正的选择是之间的FAT32和NTFS

The default choice should be NTFS for modern disk drives.默认的选择应该是NTFS的现代磁盘驱动器。 NTFS5 works on Windows 2000, Windows XP and Windows 2003 Server. ntfs5工程在Windows 2000 , Windows XP和Windows 2003服务器。 NTFS works on Windows NT, Windows 2000, Windows XP and Windows 2003 Server. NTFS的工程,在Windows NT , Windows 2000 , Windows XP与Windows 2003 Server的。

However you may have to choose FAT32 if you have dual boot or multi-boot systems and one of the operating system is Win95B (OSR2, OSR2.1) or Win95C (OSR2.5) or Win98 or Win98SE or WinME and you want that operating system to access this partition.但您可能已选择的FAT32如果您有双启动或多重引导系统和其中的作业系统是win95b ( OSR2中, osr2.1 )或win95c ( osr2.5 )或Win98或win98se或winme和您想要经营系统要进入此分区。 NTFS volumes are not recognized by Windows 95 or Windows 98 or Windows Me. NTFS卷上是不承认Windows 95或Windows 98或Windows Me 。

For partitions less than 8GB, FAT32 may perform better.为分区不少于8 GB的, FAT32的可能有更好的表现。

Another small benefit: FAT and FAT32 volumes can be converted to NTFS volumes.另一个小的益处: FAT和FAT32卷可以转换为NTFS卷。 However NTFS volumes cannot be converted to FAT32 without reformatting.不过NTFS卷上不能转换为FAT32的,没有重新格式化。

That pretty much sums up the benefits of FAT32 over NTFS.这几乎总结了好处的FAT32以上的NTFS 。 Now lets look at the benefits of NTFS over FAT32 .现在,让看的好处的NTFS超过FAT32的

NTFS has all of the basic capabilities of FAT, and it provides the following advantages over the FAT and FAT 32 file systems: NTFS的了所有的基本能力,刘皇发,并提供下列优点FAT和FAT 32文件系统:

1. Security FAT32 provides very little security. 1 。 安全的FAT32提供很少的安全。 Any user with access to a drive using FAT32 has access to all the files on that drive.任何用户都可以访问一个驱动器使用FAT32的存取所有档案该驱动器上。

NTFS allows the use of NTFS Permissions. NTFS允许使用NTFS权限。 In NTFS folder and file access can be controlled individually, with fine granularity if necessary.在NTFS文件夹和文件的访问是可以控制的个别,与细粒度如果必要的。

NTFS5 can automatically encrypt and decrypt file data as it is read and written to the disk. ntfs5可以自动加密和解密的档案资料,因为这是阅读和写入磁盘。 Win2K/XP includes the ability to encrypt data directly on volumes that use the NTFS file system so that the data cannot be used by any other user. win2k/xp的能力,包括对数据进行加密,直接卷上使用NTFS文件系统,使数据不能用任何其他用户。 Files and folders can be encrypted, using encrypting file system technology, by setting an attribute in the object’s Properties dialog box.文件和文件夹可以加密,使用加密文件系统技术,通过设置一个属性在该对象的属性对话框。

2. Better hard disk space usage efficiency NTFS supports disk quotas, allowing you to control the amount of disk usage on a per user basis. 2 。 更好的硬碟空间的使用效率, NTFS还支持磁盘配额,让您能够控制的数额磁盘使用基于每用户的基础上。

NTFS supports file compression natively which can save significant space without compromising accessibility of the file / folder. NTFS还支持文件压缩natively可以显着节省空间又不损害无障碍的档案/资料夹。

Beyond 8GB partition size, NTFS handles space management much more efficiently than FAT32.超越8 GB的分区大小, NTFS的处理空间的管理更有效,比FAT32的。 NTFS provides smaller cluster sizes and wastes less disk space waste than FAT32. NTFS的规定,较小的簇的大小和废物少的磁盘空间浪费比FAT32的。

In Windows XP, the maximum partition size that can be created using FAT32 is 32GB.在Windows XP中,最大分区大小,可以创建使用FAT32是最大32GB 。 You can create 16TB (terabytes) partition using NTFS.您可以创建16tb (千兆字节)的分区使用NTFS 。

Note: There is a workaround for the 32GB limitation under FAT32, but it is a nuisance especially considering the size of drives currently being manufactured.注:有一个可行方案,为达32GB的限制下, FAT32的,但它是一个滋扰,尤其是考虑到大小的硬盘,目前正在制造的。

3. Reliability 3 。 可靠性

  • FAT32 drives are much more susceptible to disk errors than NTFS. FAT32驱动器上得多,更容易受到磁盘错误比为NTFS 。
  • NTFS volumes have the ability to recover from errors more readily than similar FAT32 volumes. NTFS卷上有能力恢复过来的错误更容易比类似的FAT32卷。
  • Log files are created under NTFS which can be used for automatic file system repairs.创建日志文件在NTFS下可用于自动档案系统的维修工作。
  • NTFS supports dynamic cluster remapping for bad sectors and prevent them from being used in the future. NTFS还支持动态聚类重映为坏扇区,并防止它们被用于在未来的。

4. Hard Links You can create hard-links to a NTFS files. 4 。 硬链接 ,您可以创建硬链接到NTFS文件。 When you create a hard link to a file on an NTFS volume, NTFS adds a directory entry for the hard link without duplicating the original file.当您创建一个硬链接到一个文件中对一个NTFS卷, NTFS还增加了一个目录项为硬链接不重复原始档案。 You can use the您可以使用 fsutil hardlink fsutil hardlink create command to create hard links.创建命令创建硬链接。 You can also use the您也可以使用 NTFS Link shell extension NTFS的链接外壳扩展 to easily create hardlinks from Windows Explorer.轻松地创建hardlinks从Windows档案总管。

In conclusion NTFS is clearly superior to FAT32 files system, whenever you can.在结论NTFS是明显优于FAT32的文件系统,每当你可以。
Note: You can access the Recovery Console from Win2K/XP’s boot menu, or selecting Repair when you boot up from the Win2K/XP CDROM.注意:您可以进入故障恢复控制台从win2k/xp奇摩启动菜单,或选择修复当您开机从win2k/xp的CDROM 。

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