Thread: Apa Kebaikan & Keburukan antara FAT32 & NTFS?

Salam Jiwangerz,

aku nak tanya ni...apa kebaikan & keburukan menggunakan fat32 & ntfs??

kenapa HDD/Pendrive bersaiz kecil (capacity storage) akan default sebagai fat32, manakala yang bersaiz besar pula akan default menjadi ntfs...boleh tolong explain tak?

Perbandingan antara FAT32 dan NTFS

Which File System to Choose?

As much as everyone would like for there to be a stock answer to the selection question, there isn't. Different situations and needs will play a large role in the decision of which file system to adopt. There isn't any argument that NTFS offers better security and reliability. Some also say that NTFS is more flexible, but that can get rather subjective depending on the situation and work habits, whereas NTFS superiority in security and reliability is seldom challenged. Listed below are some of the most common factors to consider when deciding between FAT32 and NTFS.

• Security
  
  
  FAT32 provides very little security. A user with access to a drive using FAT32 has access to the files on that drive.
  NTFS allows the use of NTFS Permissions. It's much more difficult to implement, but folder and file access can be controlled individually, down to an an extreme degree if necessary. The down side of using NTFS Permissions is the chance for error and screwing up the system is greatly magnified.
  Windows XP Professional supports file encryption.

• Compatibility
  
  
  NTFS volumes are not recognized by Windows 95/98/Me. This is only a concern when the system is set up for dual or multi-booting. FAT32 must be be used for any drives that must be accessed when the computer is booted from Windows 95/98 or Windows Me.
  An additional note to the previous statement. Users on the network have access to shared folders no matter what disk format is being used or what version of Windows is installed.
  FAT and FAT32 volumes can be converted to NTFS volumes. NTFS cannot be converted to FAT32 without reformatting.

• Space Efficiency
  
  NTFS supports disk quotas, allowing you to control the amount of disk usage on a per user basis.
  NTFS supports file compression. FAT32 does not.
  How a volume manages data is outside the scope of this article, but once you pass the 8GB partition size, NTFS handles space management much more efficiently than FAT32. Cluster sizes play an important part in how much disk space is wasted storing files. NTFS provides smaller cluster sizes and less disk space waste than FAT32.
  In Windows XP, the maximum partition size that can be created using FAT32 is 32GB. This increases to 16TB (terabytes) using NTFS. There is a workaround for the 32GB limitation under FAT32, but it is a nuisance especially considering the size of drives currently being manufactured.

• Reliability
  
  FAT32 drives are much more susceptible to disk errors.
  NTFS volumes have the ability to recover from errors more readily than similar FAT32 volumes.
  Log files are created under NTFS which can be used for automatic file system repairs.
  NTFS supports dynamic cluster remapping for bad sectors and prevent them from being used in the future.

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Kebaikan menggunakan NTFS : high security, handles better space management, fix error

Reliability : "FAT32 drives are much more susceptible to disk errors"

apa kesannya jika kerap mengalami disk error ketika menggunakan Fat32? HDD akan rosak atau filesystem OS yang akan rosak?

Originally Posted by gto_nation

Reliability : "FAT32 drives are much more susceptible to disk errors" apa kesannya jika kerap mengalami disk error ketika menggunakan Fat32? HDD akan rosak atau filesystem OS yang akan rosak?

Kesan utama OS atau any application akan corrupt dan dalam jangka masa pjg akan menyebabkan wujudnya bad cluster pada HDD.. (HDD rosak) kelemahan FAT32.. bila wujud bad cluster data agak sukar diselamatkan.. NTFS berupaya alocate bad cluster supaya next time sekiranya ada process write ke HDD.. data berkenaan tidak diletakkan pada cluster yang telah rosak.. NTFS ada log file.. bila ada masalah pada data dkt HDD ia akan menggunakan log file tu dan buat backup data ke cluster yang tidak dijangkiti masalah bad cluster.. dengan sendirinya masalah system error dapat dielakkan dengan mudah..

wow...dari artikel tuh...aku tgk ntfs nie lagi baguih....bole compress disk....kurangla sket prob disk error dll...masalah ntfs cuma win ME dan sebelomnya xsupport itu je...rasanya di zaman skrg kita sume at least pakai win xp...kalo bole pakai la ntfs...:)

Originally Posted by payne

wow...dari artikel tuh...aku tgk ntfs nie lagi baguih....bole compress disk....kurangla sket prob disk error dll...masalah ntfs cuma win ME dan sebelomnya xsupport itu je...rasanya di zaman skrg kita sume at least pakai win xp...kalo bole pakai la ntfs...:)

mase NTFS mula2 introduce, ak xsuke NTFS sbb ak selalu dpt disk error... kene format blk... sebln 2 3 kali format last2 ak bengang ak tukar pakai FAT32... setel mslh...

nowadays, either NTFS has matured or nowadays HDD da semakin bagos, NTFS FTW!!! no more FAT32...

Tapi ada 1 benda yang kurang best.. kebanyakan audio player (especially car audio) thumb drive dgn NTFS system file biasanya akan ada isu.. mostly player tak identified.. atau kerap kali kluar error.. nak tak nak kena ler format thumb drive ke FAT32..

Originally Posted by szulmizan

Kesan utama OS atau any application akan corrupt dan dalam jangka masa pjg akan menyebabkan wujudnya bad cluster pada HDD.. (HDD rosak) kelemahan FAT32.. bila wujud bad cluster data agak sukar diselamatkan.. NTFS berupaya alocate bad cluster supaya next time sekiranya ada process write ke HDD.. data berkenaan tidak diletakkan pada cluster yang telah rosak.. NTFS ada log file.. bila ada masalah pada data dkt HDD ia akan menggunakan log file tu dan buat backup data ke cluster yang tidak dijangkiti masalah bad cluster.. dengan sendirinya masalah system error dapat dielakkan dengan mudah..

So, maknanya penyakit yang pertama dialami adalah filesystem OS atau software yang diinstall akan corrupt...Jika tidak dirawat, akan memudaratkan kesihatan HDD dan seterusnya HDD akan meninggal dunia...better buat NTFS pada HDD...aku mo tanya lagi ni bro..macam mana nak tau jika HDD ada bad cluster atau tak?? apa symptoms HDD ada bad cluster??

Originally Posted by ampentium2

mase NTFS mula2 introduce, ak xsuke NTFS sbb ak selalu dpt disk error... kene format blk... sebln 2 3 kali format last2 ak bengang ak tukar pakai FAT32... setel mslh...

nowadays, either NTFS has matured or nowadays HDD da semakin bagos, NTFS FTW!!! no more FAT32...

betul tu...NTFS HDD PATA yang aku guna dulu selalu mengalami disk error...terpaksa format selalu.....caranya, aku convert HDD PATA aku ke FAT32 walaupun pada masa itu aku belum tau kebaikan & keburukan menggunakan NTFS atau FAT32...yang aku tau, aku tidak menghadapi masalah lagi setelah convert ke FAT32...so, skrg baru aku tau baik & buruk antara fat32 & ntfs ni...

Originally Posted by gto_nation

So, maknanya penyakit yang pertama dialami adalah filesystem OS atau software yang diinstall akan corrupt...Jika tidak dirawat, akan memudaratkan kesihatan HDD dan seterusnya HDD akan meninggal dunia...better buat NTFS pada HDD...aku mo tanya lagi ni bro..macam mana nak tau jika HDD ada bad cluster atau tak?? apa symptoms HDD ada bad cluster??

Cara nak tau HDD ada bad cluster atau tidak adalah dengan run check disk / scan disk.. atau apa2 utility yang seangkatan dgn nyer.. Cara nak tau sama ada HDD tu dah ada bad cluster juga melalui symptom2 berikut:

1) symptom paling ketara setiap kali nak run application akan timbul error.. spt cant read from the source file.. ebb execute file dah rosak..

2) kemudian klo bad cluster tu dkt block yang dimiliki atau menyimpan data operating system, pc akan crash dan worst case scenario pc tak boleh boot dsbbkan MBR dah corrupt..

3) tgk pada hard disk space.. biasanya lps format contohnya ada 20GB free space tapi when format for some other time free space tu berkurang jadi 17GB even tak install apa2 selain OS. dalam keadaan ni OS dah remap cluster tu dan berkemungkinan ada bad sector/cluster.. so utk kepastian run bad cluster utulities untuk detect kemungkinan yang berlaku..

OooO...macam ni pulak symptoms bad cluster...

anyway...thanks for the info bro...