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re: formating one or two partitions
Sunday, July 31, 2005 at 8:21 pm
Windows XP Annoyances Discussion Forum
Posted by wcleve1
(1 messages posted)
The issue with NTFS has less to do with formatting than with security. NTFS allows
security down to the file level whereas FAT32 only allows to share level. In a networked
environment this is important. In the average home with a single PC this is less
important but additional security is rarely a bad thing to have when connected to
the internet, for example.
As for partitioning, for me the solution is simple and certainly not worth lowering
the discussion into another dreary MS bashing session. Make a Windows 98 or DOS 6.22
boot diskette then use it to boot a machine to the command line and partition and
format a drive using either FAT or FAT32 as desired. Then reboot and go about your
business. One advantage of a FAT32 partition is that it is accessible from a floppy
whereas NTFS is not. Well, it is but let's face it, it's a nosebleed. Install an
imaging or partioning app on the FAT32 partition and you can do pretty much all the
important tasks using a floppy to boot and access files.
If you want the additional security features of NTFS, essentially a requirement in
a networked environment, then use Windows to format a drive using NTFS. This just
isn't as complicated as some of you are making it out to be. It's mostly a matter
of choice.
Despite what MS bashers claim, no one is being forced to use any particular form
of OS. If they were, there would be no choice - which is what I sometimes think Macaholics
and Linux zealots want. But there is a choice of several OS's out there along with
the features/benefits that each may offer.
Another thought... consider that the average user, that is, the person who goes down
to the big box electronics store and buys whatever's on the shelf or buys from mail
order outfits like Dell and Gateway, could care less about the partitioning scheme
on their machine. All they want is to be able to fire up the machine and have it
work the way they want it to.
It would seem that as good as Apple is at making it seem that Macs can do things
that are unique to the Mac (which they aren't) you can't ignore that nearly 88% of
computers out there are running Windows. Either there are millions upon millions
of stupid people buying PCs who should be buying Macs - a pretty imperious and self
important perspective - or PCs running Windows aren't really as troublesome as some
bashers make them out to be.
WCleve
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