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Re: The wonders of FAT32?

Subject: Re: The wonders of FAT32?
From: "Philip Tyler" macmang4125
Date: Sun Mar 9, 2008 1:11 am ((PST))
Well said, I sent my responce before I read yours hope you don't mind?

Phil


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Subject: [Nature Recordists] Re: The wonders of FAT32?

--- In naturerecordists@ yahoogroups. com, "Greg Simmons"
<simmosonic@ ...> wrote:

> From now on, I think I'll keep formatting my drives to FAT32...

FAT32 stores a copy of the MBR at a well-known location, so an easy 
recovery is simple enough. Why Windows wasn't using the copy is
strange, but as we all know "Microsoft works in mysterious ways".

You may wish to reconsider the use of FAT32 though. FAT32 is beyond
being simply long in the tooth, particularly in the file size limit. 
NTFS is a better choice for maximum file size, recoverability and
overall robustness:

http://www.ntfs. com/ntfs_ vs_fat.htm


 


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