Topic: XP Tuning tip question (ntfs content)

[Chanher]

My question is about Windows XP Tuning tip 23 from this site:

http://www.musicxp.net/tuning_tips.php

The tip says:

Disable NTFS Last Access Time Logging (NTFS File Systems Only)

Ok my DAW is running two harddrives.  If I right click Local drive (C:) it tells me my file system is NTFS.  But when I right click on my 2nd drive it tells me it is FAT32.

I have not done this tip yet, can I do it if my 2nd drive is FAT32?  +t's

[Diggin]

yes you can since it is just talking about your main hd where the OS is

just curious, why is the other one fat32?

[Ed.]

i have two fat32's and one ntfs - its all on how you format them.  i use the ntfs one mainly for big 4+ gig dvd images.  back in the day fat32 was normal, now ntfs is the norm.

but yeah, doing it to the ntfs one is fine, but you can't do it to the fat32 one.

[Chanher]

yes you can since it is just talking about your main hd where the OS is

just curious, why is the other one fat32?

I have no idea, I know little about computers in that sense.  My dad's friend set it up for me.

[Ed.]

there are a few differences but the major one is that you can't store a file bigger than 4 gigs on a fat 32 formatted hdd.  anything over that has to be on an ntfs formatted hdd or split into smaller files.  so a dvd image file over 4gbs needs to go on the ntfs.  thats the way i look at the situation anyway.