When installing Windows 2000 or Windows XP, you have to decide the evergreen question: Should I choose FAT32 or NTFS and why?當安裝Windows 2000或Windows XP ,你必須決定長榮問:我應該選擇FAT32或NTFS和,為什麼呢? Today I will try to answer it once and for all.今天,我將嘗試回答一勞永逸的。

Note: I haven’t discussed FAT file system because it is very much obsolete with todays high volume hard-disks.注:我並沒有討論FAT檔案系統,因為它是非常過時的,與今日的高容量硬磁碟。 The real choice is between FAT32 and NTFS真正的選擇是之間的FAT32和NTFS

The default choice should be NTFS for modern disk drives.默認的選擇應該是NTFS的現代磁盤驅動器。 NTFS5 works on Windows 2000, Windows XP and Windows 2003 Server. ntfs5工程在Windows 2000 , Windows XP和Windows 2003服務器。 NTFS works on Windows NT, Windows 2000, Windows XP and Windows 2003 Server. NTFS的工程,在Windows NT , Windows 2000 , Windows XP與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.但您可能已選擇的FAT32如果您有雙啟動或多重引導系統和其中的作業系統是win95b ( OSR2中, osr2.1 )或win95c ( osr2.5 )或Win98或win98se或winme和您想要經營系統要進入此分區。 NTFS volumes are not recognized by Windows 95 or Windows 98 or Windows Me. NTFS卷上是不承認Windows 95或Windows 98或Windows Me 。

For partitions less than 8GB, FAT32 may perform better.為分區不少於8 GB的, FAT32的可能有更好的表現。

Another small benefit: FAT and FAT32 volumes can be converted to NTFS volumes.另一個小的益處: FAT和FAT32卷可以轉換為NTFS卷。 However NTFS volumes cannot be converted to FAT32 without reformatting.不過NTFS卷上不能轉換為FAT32的,沒有重新格式化。

That pretty much sums up the benefits of FAT32 over NTFS.這幾乎總結了好處的FAT32以上的NTFS 。 Now lets look at the benefits of NTFS over FAT32 .現在,讓看的好處的NTFS超過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,劉皇發,並提供下列優點FAT和FAT 32文件系統:

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.任何用戶都可以訪問一個驅動器使用FAT32的存取所有檔案該驅動器上。

NTFS allows the use of NTFS Permissions. NTFS允許使用NTFS權限。 In NTFS folder and file access can be controlled individually, with fine granularity if necessary.在NTFS文件夾和文件的訪問是可以控制的個別,與細粒度如果必要的。

NTFS5 can automatically encrypt and decrypt file data as it is read and written to the disk. ntfs5可以自動加密和解密的檔案資料,因為這是閱讀和寫入磁盤。 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,包括對數據進行加密,直接卷上使用NTFS文件系統,使數據不能用任何其他用戶。 Files and folders can be encrypted, using encrypting file system technology, by setting an attribute in the object’s Properties dialog box.文件和文件夾可以加密,使用加密文件系統技術,通過設置一個屬性在該對象的屬性對話框。

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 。 更好的硬碟空間的使用效率, NTFS還支持磁盤配額,讓您能夠控制的數額磁盤使用基於每用戶的基礎上。

NTFS supports file compression natively which can save significant space without compromising accessibility of the file / folder. NTFS還支持文件壓縮natively可以顯著節省空間又不損害無障礙的檔案/資料夾。

Beyond 8GB partition size, NTFS handles space management much more efficiently than FAT32.超越8 GB的分區大小, NTFS的處理空間的管理更有效,比FAT32的。 NTFS provides smaller cluster sizes and wastes less disk space waste than FAT32. NTFS的規定,較小的簇的大小和廢物少的磁盤空間浪費比FAT32的。

In Windows XP, the maximum partition size that can be created using FAT32 is 32GB.在Windows XP中,最大分區大小,可以創建使用FAT32是最大32GB 。 You can create 16TB (terabytes) partition using NTFS.您可以創建16tb (千兆字節)的分區使用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:有一個可行方案,為達32GB的限制下, FAT32的,但它是一個滋擾,尤其是考慮到大小的硬盤,目前正在製造的。

3. Reliability 3 。 可靠性

  • FAT32 drives are much more susceptible to disk errors than NTFS. FAT32驅動器上得多,更容易受到磁盤錯誤比為NTFS 。
  • NTFS volumes have the ability to recover from errors more readily than similar FAT32 volumes. NTFS卷上有能力恢復過來的錯誤更容易比類似的FAT32卷。
  • Log files are created under NTFS which can be used for automatic file system repairs.創建日誌文件在NTFS下可用於自動檔案系統的維修工作。
  • NTFS supports dynamic cluster remapping for bad sectors and prevent them from being used in the future. NTFS還支持動態聚類重映為壞扇區,並防止它們被用於在未來的。

4. Hard Links You can create hard-links to a NTFS files. 4 。 硬鏈接 ,您可以創建硬鏈接到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.當您創建一個硬鏈接到一個文件中對一個NTFS卷, NTFS還增加了一個目錄項為硬鏈接不重複原始檔案。 You can use the您可以使用 fsutil hardlink fsutil hardlink create command to create hard links.創建命令創建硬鏈接。 You can also use the您也可以使用 NTFS Link shell extension NTFS的鏈接外殼擴展 to easily create hardlinks from Windows Explorer.輕鬆地創建hardlinks從Windows檔案總管。

In conclusion NTFS is clearly superior to FAT32 files system, whenever you can.在結論NTFS是明顯優於FAT32的文件系統,每當你可以。
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:您可以進入故障恢復控制台從win2k/xp奇摩啟動菜單,或選擇修復當您開機從win2k/xp的CDROM 。

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