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General discussion

FAT/NTFS

Mar 9, 2005 12:54PM PST

Sorry if anyone already asked this...

Which file system is better? FAT or NTFS?
NTFS is newer and supposedly more secure. But I always get the feeling that it's also slower. Is that true, or just an illusion?

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Comparison
Mar 10, 2005 11:39PM PST
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Thanks for the link...
Mar 11, 2005 1:40PM PST

It turns out that NTFS is slower, just as I suspected...