formatting external HDD

I just bought an external HDD and I want to know if I should format it to
NTFS or I should just leave it to FAT32.
what would be more compatible with windows vista?


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NTFS allows files larger than 4GB. FAT32 does not. FAT32 may be better if
you are using the drive with many computers as no NTFS permissions issues
will arise. My recommendation would be NTFS because of the 4GB limitation
for FAT32. The permissions issues are easily dealt with by taking ownership
of files and folders if needed. NTFS is also a more robust file system, less
prone to corrupted files.

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Kerry Brown
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"ALEXIOS GOUTSOULAS" <> wrote in message
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>I just bought an external HDD and I want to know if I should format it to
>NTFS or I should just leave it to FAT32.
> what would be more compatible with windows vista?
>
> __________ Information from ESET NOD32 Antivirus, version of virus
> signature database 3645 (20081127) __________
>
> The message was checked by ESET NOD32 Antivirus.
>
> part000.txt - is OK
>
> http://www.eset.com
>
>
>

NTFS and the first thing that you should do is to disable your Nod32 from scanning
in and outgoing emails


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"ALEXIOS GOUTSOULAS" <> wrote in message
news:36E85D87-70A7-4CE9-9261-...
>I just bought an external HDD and I want to know if I should format it to NTFS or I
>should just leave it to FAT32.
> what would be more compatible with windows vista?
>
> __________ Information from ESET NOD32 Antivirus, version of virus signature
> database 3645 (20081127) __________
>
> The message was checked by ESET NOD32 Antivirus.
>
> part000.txt - is OK
>
> http://www.eset.com
>
>
>

how do you know that I'm using nod32? and why should I do that?





"Peter Foldes" <> wrote in message
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> NTFS and the first thing that you should do is to disable your Nod32 from
> scanning in and outgoing emails
>
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> "ALEXIOS GOUTSOULAS" <> wrote in message
> news:36E85D87-70A7-4CE9-9261-...
>>I just bought an external HDD and I want to know if I should format it to
>>NTFS or I should just leave it to FAT32.
>> what would be more compatible with windows vista?
>>
>> __________ Information from ESET NOD32 Antivirus, version of virus
>> signature database 3645 (20081127) __________
>>
>> The message was checked by ESET NOD32 Antivirus.
>>
>> part000.txt - is OK
>>
>> http://www.eset.com
>>
>>
>>
>
>
> __________ Information from ESET NOD32 Antivirus, version of virus
> signature database 3645 (20081127) __________
>
> The message was checked by ESET NOD32 Antivirus.
>
> part000.txt - is OK
>
> http://www.eset.com
>
>
>


__________ Information from ESET NOD32 Antivirus, version of virus signature database 3645 (20081127) __________

The message was checked by ESET NOD32 Antivirus.

part000.txt - is OK

http://www.eset.com

Sorry I forgot to add.

Applies to OE, OL,WM,WLM and all email clients also

http://www.msoutlook.info/question/20

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"Peter Foldes" <> wrote in message
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> NTFS and the first thing that you should do is to disable your Nod32 from scanning
> in and outgoing emails
>
>
> --
> Peter
>
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> "ALEXIOS GOUTSOULAS" <> wrote in message
> news:36E85D87-70A7-4CE9-9261-...
>>I just bought an external HDD and I want to know if I should format it to NTFS or
>>I should just leave it to FAT32.
>> what would be more compatible with windows vista?
>>
>> __________ Information from ESET NOD32 Antivirus, version of virus signature
>> database 3645 (20081127) __________
>>
>> The message was checked by ESET NOD32 Antivirus.
>>
>> part000.txt - is OK
>>
>> http://www.eset.com
>>
>>
>>
>

Personally, I wouldn't, but feel free.


"ALEXIOS GOUTSOULAS" <> wrote in message
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> how do you know that I'm using nod32? and why should I do that?
>
>
>
>
>
> "Peter Foldes" <> wrote in message
> news:...
>> NTFS and the first thing that you should do is to disable your Nod32 from
>> scanning in and outgoing emails
>>
>>
>> --
>> Peter
>>
>> Please Reply to Newsgroup for the benefit of others
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>>
>> "ALEXIOS GOUTSOULAS" <> wrote in message
>> news:36E85D87-70A7-4CE9-9261-...
>>>I just bought an external HDD and I want to know if I should format it to
>>>NTFS or I should just leave it to FAT32.
>>> what would be more compatible with windows vista?
>>>
>>> __________ Information from ESET NOD32 Antivirus, version of virus
>>> signature database 3645 (20081127) __________
>>>
>>> The message was checked by ESET NOD32 Antivirus.
>>>
>>> part000.txt - is OK
>>>
>>> http://www.eset.com
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>
>>
>> __________ Information from ESET NOD32 Antivirus, version of virus
>> signature database 3645 (20081127) __________
>>
>> The message was checked by ESET NOD32 Antivirus.
>>
>> part000.txt - is OK
>>
>> http://www.eset.com
>>
>>
>>
>
>
> __________ Information from ESET NOD32 Antivirus, version of virus
> signature database 3645 (20081127) __________
>
> The message was checked by ESET NOD32 Antivirus.
>
> part000.txt - is OK
>
> http://www.eset.com
>
>
>

I would recommend that you use NTFS file system.

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"ALEXIOS GOUTSOULAS" <> wrote in message
news:36E85D87-70A7-4CE9-9261-...
> I just bought an external HDD and I want to know if I should format it to
> NTFS or I should just leave it to FAT32.
> what would be more compatible with windows vista?
>
> __________ Information from ESET NOD32 Antivirus, version of virus
> signature database 3645 (20081127) __________
>
> The message was checked by ESET NOD32 Antivirus.
>
> part000.txt - is OK
>
> http://www.eset.com
>
>
>

John

If you go to all the newsgroups that are connected with email clients like
Outlook,Outlook Express, Windows Mail,Windows Live Mail, Thunderbird and you name it
then you will find that OP's that post that they get double emails,cannot
send,cannot receive etc, etc are caused by Anti Virus suites scanning in and
outgoing emails. Most also say that they have used their AV to scan emails for years
and have never had issues are finding that when they run into a problem with the
client then most of the time it is because of the scanning.
The fix for all these issues are to disable the scanning feature of the AV suite.

By disabling the email scanning you are still protected and no bad stuff will come
through because your resident AV will always catch it.
Even Symantec say so.

Turning off e-mail scanning is safe. See:

Viral Irony: The Most Common Cause of Corruption.
http://www.microsoft.com/windows/IE/...ion.mspx#EOAAC

And this is from Symantec, but applies to all anti-virus programs.

From:
http://snipurl.com/bmf6

Is my computer still protected against viruses if I disable Email Scanning?

Disabling Email Scanning does not leave you unprotected against viruses that
are distributed as email attachments. Norton AntiVirus Auto-Protect scans
incoming files as they are saved to your hard drive, including email and
email attachments. Email Scanning is just another layer on top of this. To
make sure that Auto-Protect is providing the maximum protection, keep
Auto-Protect enabled and run LiveUpdate regularly to ensure that you have
the most recent virus definitions.



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"John Barnes" <> wrote in message
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> Personally, I wouldn't, but feel free.
>
>
> "ALEXIOS GOUTSOULAS" <> wrote in message
> news:B689DC3D-9B06-4930-BAC2-...
>> how do you know that I'm using nod32? and why should I do that?
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> "Peter Foldes" <> wrote in message
>> news:...
>>> NTFS and the first thing that you should do is to disable your Nod32 from
>>> scanning in and outgoing emails
>>>
>>>
>>> --
>>> Peter
>>>
>>> Please Reply to Newsgroup for the benefit of others
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>>>
>>> "ALEXIOS GOUTSOULAS" <> wrote in message
>>> news:36E85D87-70A7-4CE9-9261-...
>>>>I just bought an external HDD and I want to know if I should format it to NTFS
>>>>or I should just leave it to FAT32.
>>>> what would be more compatible with windows vista?
>>>>
>>>> __________ Information from ESET NOD32 Antivirus, version of virus signature
>>>> database 3645 (20081127) __________
>>>>
>>>> The message was checked by ESET NOD32 Antivirus.
>>>>
>>>> part000.txt - is OK
>>>>
>>>> http://www.eset.com
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> __________ Information from ESET NOD32 Antivirus, version of virus signature
>>> database 3645 (20081127) __________
>>>
>>> The message was checked by ESET NOD32 Antivirus.
>>>
>>> part000.txt - is OK
>>>
>>> http://www.eset.com
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>
>>
>> __________ Information from ESET NOD32 Antivirus, version of virus signature
>> database 3645 (20081127) __________
>>
>> The message was checked by ESET NOD32 Antivirus.
>>
>> part000.txt - is OK
>>
>> http://www.eset.com
>>
>>
>>
>

On Thu, 27 Nov 2008 17:00:07 +0200, "ALEXIOS GOUTSOULAS"
<> wrote:

> I just bought an external HDD and I want to know if I should format it to
> NTFS or I should just leave it to FAT32.
> what would be more compatible with windows vista?


Both are completely compatible, and compatibility is not an issue here
at all.

Considering the improvements of NTFS over FAT32, I recommend that
that's what you use.

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Ken Blake, Microsoft MVP - Windows Desktop Experience
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also when I plug in my ex HDD, when I try to safely remove it from the
"safely remove hardware icon" it says that "windows cant stop your 'generic
volume' because a program is still using it. close any programs that might
be using the device, and then try again later".
what can i do?






"Ken Blake, MVP" <> wrote in message
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> On Thu, 27 Nov 2008 17:00:07 +0200, "ALEXIOS GOUTSOULAS"
> <> wrote:
>
>> I just bought an external HDD and I want to know if I should format it to
>> NTFS or I should just leave it to FAT32.
>> what would be more compatible with windows vista?
>
>
> Both are completely compatible, and compatibility is not an issue here
> at all.
>
> Considering the improvements of NTFS over FAT32, I recommend that
> that's what you use.
>
> --
> Ken Blake, Microsoft MVP - Windows Desktop Experience
> Please Reply to the Newsgroup
>
> __________ Information from ESET NOD32 Antivirus, version of virus
> signature database 3646 (20081127) __________
>
> The message was checked by ESET NOD32 Antivirus.
>
> part000.txt - is OK
>
> http://www.eset.com
>
>
>


__________ Information from ESET NOD32 Antivirus, version of virus signature database 3646 (20081127) __________

The message was checked by ESET NOD32 Antivirus.

part000.txt - is OK

http://www.eset.com