WAAAAAIT
Don't just blindly follow what people say here and go convert to NTFS.
But first things first. More recent videocards might want alot from your power supply. So will AMD CPUs. If you notice your PC 'hangs' (black screen) your videocard can't pull it. If it starts resetting on its own, your CPU can't pull it. 300Watt or more should be fine, though.
Now about NTFS vs. FAT(32)
*Yes, it's more secure. Although a PC is as secure as the person operating it.
*Maybe, it's faster (althought I say no, because of it having to track all cluster sizes (yes clustersizes can vary, but that's a long ass story on itself))
*Yes, it's more efficient (diskwise. Clustersizes can vary, wich means you can have a 4kb file in a 4kb cluster instead of using up a 32kb cluster, thus having 28kb slack space (extreme examples))
BUT
1. Windows 9x can't read NTFS disks. Only NT or 2K (from the Microsoft product family). Windows XP can read both FAT32 and NTFS. With 3rd party products, Windows 9x can read NTFS disks too. However, you cannot install Windows 9x on a NTFS disk and let it boot from that.
2. Converting a HD to NTFS is nice. If, however, for some reason you want to migrate back to FAT32, you're screwed. You'll notice at first that it simply won't work. Then you'll search around and find out that in fact you can turn a NTFS disk back to FAT32. Although, and this is from experience, this often results in data loss. There's no problem whatsoever converting an empty NTFS disk back to FAT32, but when there's files on... watch it.
2fast4u said:
i did that for a while. doesn't bother the sys.
*sighs* It does.
I've noted pro's and con's. Now it's up for you to decide.