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Hi brethren,
in a couple of days I'll get me a new machine (going from 1ghz to something in the line of 3). I'm using xp-pro and plan to install this on the new machine too. Until now I'm running under fat32 and I really have to admit, that neither the os nor the filesystem gave me any trouble (at least not any, I hadn't asked for one way or another). I wonder now, if I should choose ntfs, when I'll install my new machine.
I know, the standard answer to this, but I'm scared, because I remember seeing some ppl opting for ntfs quite fiercly, who after a while reported the strangest phenomena ... like boot failures, vanishing files, file operations getting slower the longer the system is in use, unaccessible files, problems with ghosted images etc.
I really don't need this right management stuff ntfs is capable of, nor do I whish to compress my partitions and I don't see the delights of indexing. All I want from a filesystem is, that it performs operations on files in a quick and reliable way - it shouldn't start to 'forget' stuff I stored. Anyhow, when I did some searches for 'ntfs' and 'problems' or 'shortcomings' I got the impression, that my feelings on ntfs might be more in the line of superstition than rational.
So, what do you think, should I stick with my trusty fat32 or what?
greetz, micha
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