Formating a hard disk???

[rhelis26]

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Unsay man pamaagi ninyo pagformat sa hard disk, ako NTFS na quick... kay mao raman no ako na sundan sa
uban technician, pero wala ko kabalo or idea ngano NTFS...

Can any one advice unsa man maa pag format NTFS quick or FAT na quick ..nya unsa man sad difference sa duha?

[nissanss]

simply put (talking windows here) - NTFS is the default file system of new installations of windows. FAT 16/32 is the older system. NTFS - more efficient in hdd space utilization, security encryption capable, etc. FAT - less efficient in terms of hdd space utilization, no security, etc. the availability of FAT system in format is for compatibility purposes across other file system/OS. like for portable disks, flash drives, etc. i think these can't be formatted to NTFS. the choice of file systems comes into play mostly when ur system is multi OS. this is just a very simplistic explanation, better & thorough understanding about this can be found out there. google is ur friend.

[softtouch]

Fat32 has the limitation of 4GB file size. Select NTFS when possible.

[jdbebz]

select NTFS coz when it comes in errors it will by pass
seleting FAT32 when errors occurs or virus when you reboot your computer it will scan for errors its hard also to defrag

[jenny]

actually u can format to fat32 capacities of more than 4gb... if ur interested to know how, pm me. its a very quik process... mga 10 seconds ra

[softtouch]

actually u can format to fat32 capacities of more than 4gb... if ur interested to know how, pm me. its a very quik process... mga 10 seconds ra

Sure FAT32 handle HDD bigger than 4GB, but filesize can not exceed 4GB.

[zurita10]

Gay fight, can't relate.

select NTFS

quick format - formats your drive quick ^^ bypass bad sector "bad" doesn't mark them as bad sectors, huhuhu, you will have problems in the future if you have a bad hardisk. It's not a warning, it's a curse.

[rchyx]

NTFS is used in new windows and FAT is for the older ones..