Making the move back to FAT32 is certainly not trivial, however the file system on 
other computers on the network is irrelevant. In fact you can have both FAT32 and 
NTFS on the same computer -- I do. NTFS has some advantages in a workplace environment, 
since it has decent security whereas FAT32 offers no security from the prying eyes 
of others using that computer. But most home users do not need the extra security 
of NTFS and that extra security causes a multitude of inconveniences such as the 
one you are experiencing. The only real advantage that NTFS has over FAT32 is the 
security and its ability to handle files greater than 4GB. The 4GB limit is why I 
have some NTFS partitions. There is a  standard claim that NTFS provides better performance 
for larger partitions, and that might be true. But there is no good reason to make 
your system partition bigger than about 15 - 20GB, and FAT32 performs better for 
smaller partitions. But best of all, it's a lot less trouble.







On Saturday, March 10, 2007 at 9:11 am, crowebar wrote:

>lol ricer - I like it clean ,but that might be a little too clean.  Seriously though, 

>I've never really known the pros and cons between the FAT32 and NTFS filing systems. 

> But I'm pretty sure I'm not ready to convert everything back to FAT32 - This comp. 

>is on a network where all the other machines run NTFS and I'm sure such a move would 

>cause other problems. 

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