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Subject: Re: CM8000 problems with XP. Look at this, John Merlino

Author: Anthony Boynes

Date: 18:56:47 11/29/01

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On November 29, 2001 at 12:38:05, Roy Eassa wrote:

>>
>Guys, each of you has an (opposite) opinion on the usefulness of NTFS.  Do
>either of you have REASONS for your preferences?
>
>Hearing the details may help others (at least me) learn something useful for
>their upgrades from Win9x/ME to Windows XP.
>
>For example, would converting to NTFS 'break' any chess engines that FAT32 does
>not break?  Would it make tablebase access slower? Faster??

Besides being more secure, the other main advantage of NTFS for the home user is
that it is a journaling file system, which helps prevent data corruption.  That
alone makes it more suitable for the business/office environment.

For more details go here, and decide for yourself:

http://www.microsoft.com/hwdev/storage/ntfs-preinstall.htm#Features



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