From: Chris Robinson 

There're a few reasons and I can't remember them all either :oP (sure someone on
here will though).

The main one is security.  For example, if you share a directory in FAT32, you can
set the permissions for that directory and that's it.  With NTFS you can set the
permissions for the dierectory and different permissions for every
subdirectory and files in those directories if you so desire.  A good
analogy is to use a garage.  Imagine you have a garage with lots of items
inside and you keep the door
locked.  FAT32 allows you this much security and, if you open the garage door, you
can get at everything inside the garage.  Then imagine you have the same
garage but all the items inside are also locked up in their own individual
safes. This
is like NTFS security - unlocking the garage door does not automatically mean you
gain access to the contents of the garage, :o) - it's a good way to remember these
things...

I think NTFS also has some performance advantages but I can't remember off the top
of my head - I'm sure someone else will add to this.

Hope this helps,
Chris.

"Ellen K." wrote:

> My employer, see separate thread.
>
> Care to give me a succinct canned explanation of why everything should
> be NTFS so I can pass it on?   (This is the stuff I can never remember.)
>
> On Wed, 18 Jun 2003 09:08:06 -0400, "Frank Haber"

> wrote in message :
>
> >I didn't know there was that "window on the filesystem
API" thing under
NTFS.
> >Thanks.
> >
> >So no one else in the whole wide world is idiot enought to run FAT under 2k?

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