NTFS vs. FAT32 for Photoshop

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feurio
Dec 13, 2003
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Hi folks,

I’m wondering what file system would be better for optimum performance of PS (openinmg big files, filtering work, etc).
I have Pentium 4 3.0Ghz and 1gb RAM, 200gb HD. Win XP Pro Thanks for any input.
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Colyn
Dec 13, 2003
It was on this day Sat, 13 Dec 2003 05:32:06 GMT, "feurio" pecked out these words:

Hi folks,

I’m wondering what file system would be better for optimum performance of PS (openinmg big files, filtering work, etc).
I have Pentium 4 3.0Ghz and 1gb RAM, 200gb HD. Win XP Pro Thanks for any input.
Before going to Linux, I ran Photoshop on Win 2k with NTFS and found it to be fast. The only time I ran it on Fat 32 was when I was using Win 98 which was a bit slow.

Running it through wine on Linux is about as fast as Win 2k..

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Voivod
Dec 13, 2003
On Sat, 13 Dec 2003 05:32:06 GMT, "feurio" scribbled:

Hi folks,

I’m wondering what file system would be better for optimum performance of PS (openinmg big files, filtering work, etc).
I have Pentium 4 3.0Ghz and 1gb RAM, 200gb HD. Win XP Pro Thanks for any input.

NTFS has more overhead, if you don’t need it’s security features go with FAT32.
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Randyman
Dec 13, 2003
Check out Microsoft’s explanation of NTFS vs. Fat 32 for the Win XP OS. NTFS is the format best for Win XP. I like it. I ran FAT 32 on XP before switching to NTFS. All 3 of my system are NTFS now. I did not note any slow down of PS.

Sincerely — Randyman
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It was on this day Sat, 13 Dec 2003 05:32:06 GMT, "feurio" pecked out these words:

Hi folks,

I’m wondering what file system would be better for optimum performance of
PS
(openinmg big files, filtering work, etc).
I have Pentium 4 3.0Ghz and 1gb RAM, 200gb HD. Win XP Pro Thanks for any input.
Before going to Linux, I ran Photoshop on Win 2k with NTFS and found it to be fast. The only time I ran it on Fat 32 was when I was using Win 98 which was a bit slow.

Running it through wine on Linux is about as fast as Win 2k..
_
Colyn

http://home.swbell.net/colyng
http://www.colyngoodson.com
http://www.colyngoodson.com/sale.html
http://www.colyngoodson.com/manuals.html

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