CD,
There should not be any difference, between FAT32 and NTFS, in the way programs are executed on Windows. The difference is that NTFS allows for a better security protocols/permissions to be added to the file system (very important if a trojan virus is installed on your computer). There is no security in the FAT/FAT32 file systems. Also, Win2000/WinXP/2003/Vista are the only operating systems that can read/write to an NTFS file system.

@Flak
You are correct on the file allocation size on NTFS up to 4GB partitions. NTFS has a 4KB allocation size up to 4GB, but is the same as FAT32 after that.* The reason why some games don't work in WinXP is because WinXP changed how some of the internal libraries are loaded. Which causes a problem sometimes with games written for DOS/Win95/Win98. Changing the compatibility mode of the games .exe file to Win98 mode should fix this problem. * This information will change when the new file system (WinFS) is released sometime in 2007. The allocation size will be 4KB no matter how large the partition is.

-Chris

Message edited on: 11/30/2005 10:56