Feasible Partitioning Of 1TB HD & Under Which File System?

Question

I have system of following under mentioned configuration:-
BIOS Version EV91510A-86A0283
Processor 3.0 Ghz HT
System Bus: 800 MHz
System Memory:-400 MHz
L2 Cache Ram: 1Mb
Total Memory: - 512Mb
Memory Mode: Dual Core
Desktop Board: D915GAG
Hard Disk In Use: 80 GB SATA 7200rpm with Partition of 20GB NTFS and 20GB each FAT32
Installed windows Microsoft Window XP Professional Service Pack 3
I have recently purchased 1TB SATA HD please let me know feasible partition volume required keeping in view of my system configuration and which file system I used in partitioning of hard disk (NTFS, FAT or FAT32. )
I want to store movies-games-music and lot of other applications in that 1TB HD
Did my windows and system support 1TB HD

Answer 1

Always use NTFS on your HDD's within your computer using windows XP, Vista or 7.



NTFS has many advantages over FAT32 that your operating system will let you take advantage of, such as setting permissions on files and folders and encryption of files and folders, setting disc quotas + More.





If you wish to change any of your partitions from FAT32 to NTFS without loosing any data follow the instructions below:



BE ADVISED THIS IS A ONE WAY TRIP, YOU CANNOT GO BACK TO FAT32 WITHOUT FORMATTING YOUR DRIVE AND LOOSING YOUR DATA



Start > RUN > "CMD" (without quotes)



In the command prompt window, type: convert drive_letter: /fs:ntfs



NOTE: You will be able to see your drive letter in "My computer"



FAT32 is useful for USB sticks if you want to make them bootable.



Hope this helps :)

Answer 2

NTFS is the most modern and efficient file system supported by Windows.

Fat can only store files smaller than 4gb for example.



There's no real point of partitioning the drive just for data storage unless you want different filesystems i.e. ext3 for Linux or hfs for OS X.

Answer 3

Would make more practical sense to me to simply transfer all your files to the new hard drive and use the old 80gb purely as a boot drive.

Answer 4

yes