IEatHardDrives Posted August 16, 2005 Report Share Posted August 16, 2005 Ok im going to build a new computer when I get the new hard drive do I need to format it and set it to a NTFS drive before installing xp or will xp format and let me chose between FAT 32 or NTFS? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Madbob9 Posted August 16, 2005 Report Share Posted August 16, 2005 XP install will do for you. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
IEatHardDrives Posted August 16, 2005 Author Report Share Posted August 16, 2005 ty Quote Link to post Share on other sites
murtu52 Posted August 16, 2005 Report Share Posted August 16, 2005 It depends which file system you want, XP usually goes on NTFS, but FAT32 should work as well. Most probably the installation with go with NTFS. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
IEatHardDrives Posted August 16, 2005 Author Report Share Posted August 16, 2005 I dont really care about FAT 32 NTFS is fine. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Pierce Posted August 16, 2005 Report Share Posted August 16, 2005 NTFS has better storage tables so you lose less space to "partitioning". I would recomend NTFS over FAT 32.Pierce Quote Link to post Share on other sites
jimras Posted August 16, 2005 Report Share Posted August 16, 2005 When you do a clean install of XP. it will ask you which drive (if there's more than one) and then it will format it NTFS and then install XP Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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