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external hd, ntfs

  • 11-07-2006 1:41am
    #1
    themole
    Closed Accounts Posts: 888 ✭✭✭


    i bought a 300gb external hd and it came with two ntfs partitions.
    one around 100gb the other around 200gb.

    my question is this. is the drive partitioned in this way for a reason?

    ie, what is the max size of an ntfs partition?, and what is the performance impact of having one large partition?


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  • #2
    Stephen
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 18,484 ✭✭✭✭Stephen


    NTFS can grow to 2TB afaik, maybe even bigger. I don't think there's much of a performance impact on a 300GB partition compared to a 200GB and a 100GB either. I have a bunch of 250GB disks that are just 1 big partition each and they've all been fine.


  • #3
    zuma
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,685 ✭✭✭zuma


    Stephen wrote:
    NTFS can grow to 2TB afaik, maybe even bigger. I don't think there's much of a performance impact on a 300GB partition compared to a 200GB and a 100GB either. I have a bunch of 250GB disks that are just 1 big partition each and they've all been fine.


    2TB for FAT32

    2^64 or 16 Giga X Giga Bytes for NTFS


  • #4
    themole
    Closed Accounts Posts: 888 ✭✭✭themole


    cool.

    well, i checked the hd and the two partitions are actually FAT32 :)

    i think i will leave them as is so that i can read/write from linux without the possibility of having any problems.


  • #5
    zuma
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,685 ✭✭✭zuma


    Linux can be forced to read/write to NTFS using windows files and a little program but its a little difficult to setup.


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