Format into NTFS or convert into NTFS?

Discussion in 'Software' started by CyberPunk74689, Jan 10, 2009.

  1. CyberPunk74689

    CyberPunk74689 Private E-2

    What is best?:to format into NTFS or to convert into NTFS? Because I created with fdisk and formated with format 4 partitions:eek:ne in FAT and the other three in FAT32 and installed windows 98 in one of the partitions with FAT32 and then I formatted one of the partitions with FAT32 in NTFS with the installation program of windows xp service pack 3 and then the installation freezed when it remained 33 minutes.Then I tried with converting into NTFS instead of formatting and It functioned.Is it bad to format a FAT32 partition into NTFS?
     
    CyberPunk74689, Jan 10, 2009
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  2. DavidGP

    DavidGP MajorGeeks Forum Administrator - Grand Pooh-Bah Staff Member

    Hi

    Its best to format into NTFS over the convert due to its cluster size remaining at 512 bytes over NTFSs 4kb clusters, if the partition was previously FAT32, way I would do is to delete the partition and then re-create then format to NTFS.
     
    DavidGP, Jan 10, 2009
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