Converting to NTFS

From: anthony (anthony_czyk@hotmail.com)
Date: 02/07/03 

From: "anthony" <anthony_czyk@hotmail.com>
Date: Thu, 6 Feb 2003 18:43:49 -0800

>-----Original Message-----
> 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?
>
>
>.
>I run NTFS, and I use sahring and permissions for
clients on my network. I have no problems at all. ALso
on my home machine, with all the conversions I have made
migrating to an NTFS file system have gone really smooth,
and I donot notice a performance difference, even while
playing video games.

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