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re: Cannot format Sony memory stick as NTFS
Tuesday, July 15, 2008 at 12:33 am
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Posted by Alan Masterman (294 messages posted)

Background: I want to measure the read-write speed of the stick relative to a couple of other sticks which were measured with NTFS format, after which it would be returned to FAT32.

The question "which is more efficient, FAT32 or NTFS?" has no meaning until you know what it's going to be used for. Which is more efficient, a Rolls Royce or a Mack truck?

NTFS might seem inefficient for only 2GB, but at the end of the day, if that stick needed specific attributes which only NTFS could supply, then the comparative efficiency of FAT32 would be zero.

But I wasn't looking for a debate about file systems - I was hoping someone could give me the answer to a technical problem which, at first sight, defies scientific logic? And of course, we all know that Windows NEVER does that...

Written in response to:
Cannot format Sony memory stick as NTFS (Alan Masterman: Monday, July 14, 2008 at 2:33 am)

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re: Cannot format Sony memory stick as NTFS (C K: Tuesday, July 15, 2008 at 4:47 am)

All messages in this thread [show all]

Cannot format Sony memory stick as NTFS (Alan Masterman: Mon, Jul 14, 2008, 2:33 am)

re: Cannot format Sony memory stick as NTFS (DEX: Mon, Jul 14, 2008, 8:32 am)

re: Cannot format Sony memory stick as NTFS (C K: Mon, Jul 14, 2008, 1:59 pm)

re: Cannot format Sony memory stick as NTFS (Alan Masterman: Tue, Jul 15, 2008, 1:51 am)

re: Cannot format Sony memory stick as NTFS (Alan Masterman: Tue, Jul 15, 2008, 12:33 am)

re: Cannot format Sony memory stick as NTFS (C K: Tue, Jul 15, 2008, 4:47 am)

re: Cannot format Sony memory stick as NTFS (Alan Masterman: Tue, Jul 15, 2008, 8:17 am)

re: Cannot format Sony memory stick as NTFS (C K: Tue, Jul 15, 2008, 9:43 am)

re: Cannot format Sony memory stick as NTFS (Alan Masterman: Tue, Jul 15, 2008, 5:28 am)

re: Cannot format Sony memory stick as NTFS (geek9pm: Thu, Jul 24, 2008, 2:01 pm)

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