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Should I use NTFS or FAT on a 4GB solid state OS drive?

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I've read in these forums that with solid state hard drives in windows xp, even if you disable the page file and system restore that ntfs will waste your write cycles since it is a journaled file system. Would using fat32 extend the life of the drive since this will be for a web surfing machine anyways and I wouldn't be doing alot of writing anyway.
 
I think fat32 would be better, becuase its a more simple stratight out file system.
 
Yes, but surley that would meen it has to access the drive more to check for file corruption.
 
thebeephaha said:
Isn't NTFS more robust against file corruption though? :confused:
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It is, but with a drive this small I wouldn't bother. FAT32 should be faster and cause less wear on the drive. If you have file corruption, you have bigger problems that aren't going to be solved by using a different file system.
 
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