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Just a question which Im not sure has any threat to me or my files but.....Ive been backing up my images to external hardrives and notice they are all FAT32 yet my PC is NTFS. I notice when copying images over it always pops up "do I want to copy without properties"

Broad question here but in laymens terms what does any of the above mean? Do I need to change anything?

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wont do any harm but personally id convert the drive to NTFS, its just a better file system..

you can convert without formatting, i have done it possibly hundreds of times with no issue.
 
NTFS properties are additional security settings so no harm using FAT32 over NTFS, NTFS is a better system but is not as flexable as to which systems can read them, MACs can read NTFS but not write to them as an example.
 
Fat32 also has a maximum file size of 4gb- which could be a problem if you start shooting videos I guess :)
 
maybe worth a read:

http://www.theeldergeek.com/ntfs_or_fat32_file_system.htm

my decision would be based on the "Reliability" part..

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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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even with a mac personally id convert and buy the app that lets you write to NTFS.
 
neil_g said:
wont do any harm but personally id convert the drive to NTFS, its just a better file system..

you can convert without formatting, i have done it possibly hundreds of times with no issue.
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To convert to NTFS (assuming XP) just click on the start nutton and in the Run box type cmd and press enter. Then, in the black window that opens type convert <driver letter>: /fs:ntfs. So, if you are wanting to convert a drive and Windows have given it the letter G: then you would type:

convert g: /fs:ntfs

HTH
 
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