Formatting HardDrives. NTFS/FAT? quick/slow?

WhiteFireDragon · 01-13-2008, 05:05 AM

1) when a hard drive is formated, it asks you to pick one of those formates for the HD. what is the difference?. i know most the time it's NTFS, but when do you use FAT?

2) also, what are the cons of choosing a quick format? it's so much faster but i'm guessing there has to be a drawback for there to be an option to do it slower.

3) how do i rename the letter of the drive? i have 2 running physical HDs, but 3 different partitions. i want it in order of C:\, D:\, E:\ but currently that is not the case since i have 2 other optical drives in there too. how do i rename all the HDs and two DVDs?

4) there is also an option for compression. would it be smart to enable this so that i can save space on the storage HD? what are the cons?

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WhiteFireDragon Platinum Member Join Date: Dec 2007 Posts: 820	Formatting HardDrives. NTFS/FAT? quick/slow? 1) when a hard drive is formated, it asks you to pick one of those formates for the HD. what is the difference?. i know most the time it's NTFS, but when do you use FAT? 2) also, what are the cons of choosing a quick format? it's so much faster but i'm guessing there has to be a drawback for there to be an option to do it slower. 3) how do i rename the letter of the drive? i have 2 running physical HDs, but 3 different partitions. i want it in order of C:\, D:\, E:\ but currently that is not the case since i have 2 other optical drives in there too. how do i rename all the HDs and two DVDs? 4) there is also an option for compression. would it be smart to enable this so that i can save space on the storage HD? what are the cons? Last edited by WhiteFireDragon; 01-13-2008 at 05:08 AM.

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