Converting to NTFS

From: Frank (hpum@yahoo.com)
Date: 02/07/03 

From: "Frank" <hpum@yahoo.com>
Date: Thu, 6 Feb 2003 17:00:53 -0800

 I want to take advantage of PERMISSION Features of NTFS
and want to convert from FAT 32, however,I am concerned
about this:
 Volumes converted from FAT to NTFS lack some performance
benefits compared to volumes initially formatted with
NTFS. On converted volumes, the MFT might become
fragmented. In addition, on converted boot volumes, NTFS
permissions are not applied after the volume is converted

I searched the MSN knowledge base and found this:

PRB: File Security Issues After Converting FAT32
Partitions to the NTFS File System at
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-
us;810142.

DO THEY MEAN THE SAME? Will converting affect me using
PERMISSIONS EFFECTIVELY IN FILES AND FOLDERS?

Any Advise?

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