Switch Your Hard Disk to NTFS

Your PC's Hard Drive may still be in FAT32 disk format. I encourage you to migrate to the more advance NTFS file system to boost your PC performance.

FAT32 [File Allocation Table 32-bit] format is the 32-bit version of the FAT file system which is introduced on Windows 95 and still used in Windows XP today. Obviously, it is already an obsolete file system to use in Windows XP since it is limited maximum partition size and file size compared to that of NTFS Format.

NTFS [New Technology File System] format is the more advance file system, compared to FAT32 and was developed to compensate the poor features of FAT32 format. It improves performance and is required in order to implement numerous security and administrative features in the OS. For example, NTFS supports Active Directory domain names and provides file encryption. Permissions can be set at the file level rather than by folder, and individual users can be assigned disk space quotas. NTFS is designed to log activity and recover on the fly from hard disk crashes. It also supports the Unicode character set and allows file names up to 255 characters in length.


Comparison of FAT32 and NTFS
> Maximum Partition Size: 32Gb[FAT32] vs. 2Tb+[NTFS]
> Maximum File Size: 4Gb[FAT32] vs. Size of Drive[NTFS]


How to quickly convert your Local Disk Drive?

1. Open Run and type:
"cmd.exe or cmd" and press [Enter].

2. In the Cmd.Exe window, type:
"convert (Drive Letter): /fs: NTFS" and press [Enter].

3. Reboot your PC.