Can i use a fat32 disk image in nfts?

[cornhelium 0]

Hi,

This is probably a silly question, but here goes:

I'm currently using a Windows ME system and sometime next year I'll get a brand new system with XP or whatever on it. The new one will be NFTS rather than FAT32 based.

I've got about 150 @mod folders in my Flashpoint directory which I launch using OFP Launcher.

I'd like to burn all these modfolders, plus my OFPLauncher.exe onto a few CDs and then just copy them into the OpFlashpoint directory on my new system.

* Would this be possible, or would files/directory structures copied under FAT32 not be recognised under NFTS? Would there be any performance issues do you think?

* If not possible, how about just emptying all the modfolders and just copying the folder structure over?

Thanks for any help - I'm pretty clueless here  

Cheers,

Cornhelium

[Placebo 29]

I'd like to burn all these modfolders, plus my OFPLauncher.exe onto a few CDs and then just copy them into the OpFlashpoint directory on my new system.

I can't think how this will be a problem, I'm sure someone will correct me if I'm wrong of course

[SpeedyDonkey 0]

Why wouldn’t it work?  

Edit: Placebo beat me to it...

[cornhelium 0]

Cheers guys.

I was just a bit paranoid about it, knowing nothing about how file systems work

[NeMeSiS 11]

Cheers guys.

I was just a bit paranoid about it, knowing nothing about how file systems work  

when u format u can change it to FAT32 again

[SpeedyDonkey 0]

Cheers guys.

I was just a bit paranoid about it, knowing nothing about how file systems work  

when u format u can change it to FAT32 again  

True but I see no reason to do that, as it has been brought to my attention that NTSF is better then FAT32 on modern computers.

[NeMeSiS 11]

Cheers guys.

I was just a bit paranoid about it, knowing nothing about how file systems work  

when u format u can change it to FAT32 again  

True but I see no reason to do that, as it has been brought to my attention that NTSF is better then FAT32 on modern computers.  

yea, but he was so scared...    

[BraTTy 0]

MY secondary drive is still FAT32 and it does seem to defragment slower and such than the NTFS drive.I mainly just use it as storage and I like to keep it FAT32 because I work on other computers.

XP can be installed on a FAT32 drive and can stay that way if you wanted,I've seen FAT32 WinXP systems still.

You can still put files larger than 2 gig on it,just a Win98 system wouldn't read the large files properly (people backup files than can't read the large file on Win98)

[cornhelium 0]

...so you don't have any problems transferring files between your FAT32 and NTFS drives Bratty?

Just getting prepared for OFP2. I'm planning on an NTFS dual RAID type thingy, or something

Cheers!

Cornhelium

[Mister Frag 0]

The FAT32 file size limit is 4GB, not 2GB, but regardless, unless you have a good reason for keeping FAT32, go for NTFS.

NTFS is a journaling file system, which helps it retain its integrity even if the entire system should crash or lose power. It also has provisions for preventing fragmentation.

Anyway, as long as you just copy the files to a CD that is in UDF or ISO9960 formats, you won't have any problems. Do not use something like Norton Ghost that makes image backups, since that would recreate the entire file system when you restore.

I actually used to backup my OFP onto CDs before applying patches, it was cheap insurance in case the new patch had a bad problem. I still have V1.2, V1.27, V1.29, V1.30, V1.40, V1.42, V1.46, V1.75, and three unlabeled CDs on my desk. These days with all of the great mods and missions, I wouldn't even be able to do that with my DVD burner.

[cornhelium 0]

Cheers mate - yep I'm not using any specific imaging program.

[BraTTy 0]

Ya 4 gig limit,I had a brain cramp.

I have no problems transferring between drives.

Had to upgrade wifes computer from Win98 to XP cause she got a dvd burner,I have large files on my fat32 drive.No problems

[flaber 0]

I give you a link to compare FAT - FAT32 - NTFS

then you can choose:

FAT32 vs NTFS

I recomended you to use NTFS, you wouldn't have any problem transfering your data from one to another computer.

There is also a tool that let you convert your FAT32 unit into NTFS easily without loosing any data. (in windows XP

)

convert FAT32 to NTFS under WinXP (link)

hope this help you.

Flaber