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Quoth · 06-23-2024, 03:56 AM

However NTFS is far better than FAT12, FAT32, exFAT. One reason is journalling. Only the DOS loaded windows didn't use it. By default NT 3.1, NT3.x, NT 4.0, NT 5.x (Win2K, XP, 2003, Vista, Win7), Win8, win1x) use NTFS.

If using a USB drive as a portable drive for different OS, then use FAT32 or exFAT.

If using a USB drive for extra storage and use directly with any application, then you use the native filesystem, which was always NTFS for all real Windows OS. WinME was the last Windows branded desktop OS that didn't use NTFS.

On XP I only used drive letters for the CD/DVD drive, boot drive and removable drives. I mounted extra internal drives into an empty directory (folder) like you'd do on Unix/Linux. I'd have done that if using a dedicated USB drive, if that works.

06-23-2024, 03:56 AM	#13
Quoth Still reading Posts: 14,237 Karma: 105299897 Join Date: Jun 2017 Location: Ireland Device: All 4 Kinds: epub eink, Kindle, android eink, NxtPaper	However NTFS is far better than FAT12, FAT32, exFAT. One reason is journalling. Only the DOS loaded windows didn't use it. By default NT 3.1, NT3.x, NT 4.0, NT 5.x (Win2K, XP, 2003, Vista, Win7), Win8, win1x) use NTFS. If using a USB drive as a portable drive for different OS, then use FAT32 or exFAT. If using a USB drive for extra storage and use directly with any application, then you use the native filesystem, which was always NTFS for all real Windows OS. WinME was the last Windows branded desktop OS that didn't use NTFS. On XP I only used drive letters for the CD/DVD drive, boot drive and removable drives. I mounted extra internal drives into an empty directory (folder) like you'd do on Unix/Linux. I'd have done that if using a dedicated USB drive, if that works. Last edited by Quoth; 06-23-2024 at 04:01 AM.