Comments on: Common Windows XP Myths http://junkypc.com/common-windows-xp-myths/ Is Your PC a Junky PC? Sat, 26 Jun 2010 08:26:35 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Larry Miller http://junkypc.com/common-windows-xp-myths/comment-page-1/#comment-18 Larry Miller Wed, 07 Jan 2009 14:43:11 +0000 http://junkypc.com/?p=516#comment-18 Generally a good article. But some of the statements regarding NTFS are simply nonsense. NTFS is faster and superior to FAT32 in virtually every respect. FAT32 is marginally faster than NTFS in a few operations but this will have no real impact on overall performance. There is no need or benefit in special optimizations. No one understands NTFS better than Microsoft. The format done during XP installation is in no way inferior to any other. Larry Miller Microsoft MCSA Generally a good article. But some of the statements regarding NTFS are simply nonsense.

NTFS is faster and superior to FAT32 in virtually every respect. FAT32 is marginally faster than NTFS in a few operations but this will have no real impact on overall performance.

There is no need or benefit in special optimizations. No one understands NTFS better than Microsoft. The format done during XP installation is in no way inferior to any other.

Larry Miller
Microsoft MCSA

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