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    XP's Filesystem vs Vista's Filesystem

    Discussion in 'Windows OS and Software' started by The Fire Snake, Nov 30, 2008.

  1. The Fire Snake

    The Fire Snake Notebook Virtuoso

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    A quick question. Do they both use the same(i.e. identical) filesystem, i.e. NTFS? Is the version of NTFS used the same?
     
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  2. Andy

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    XP uses NTFS 3.1, and Vista probably uses the same as well.
    Vista has a couple of extra features like Partition-Shrinking and all.
     
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  3. DetlevCM

    DetlevCM Notebook Nobel Laureate

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    As far as I'm aware its the same.

    Also - if it were different, wouldn't they have called it differently?

    And it would have caused compatebility issues with XP if they weren't.
     
    DetlevCM, Nov 30, 2008
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  4. stewie

    stewie What the deuce?

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    Vista uses the same NTFS 3.1 as XP and Server 2003.

    You can check the NTFS version at the command prompt by typing the following command:

    • fsutil fsinfo ntfsinfo c:
     
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  5. Qwakrz

    Qwakrz Notebook Consultant

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    Partitioning is slightly different but the underlying format is the same

    Vista sets the first partition to the first 2048K boundary. This helps with most Raid controllers as it means a whole cluster is usually within a strip and not split across 2

    XP just starts the first partition after the boot block on the disc. This means that your clusters could be split across a stripe when using Raid.

    All in all though there is almost 0 difference between them.
     
    Qwakrz, Dec 1, 2008
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  6. The Fire Snake

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    Thanks everybody, that helped.
     
    The Fire Snake, Dec 1, 2008
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