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Subject: FAT 16 or FAT 32 for digital audio ?
Original Message Date: 31-Jul-98 @ 12:41 AM - FAT 16 or FAT 32 for digital audio ?
I was wondering whether anybody would know if FAT 16 is actually better for audio than FAT 32. At
first I assumed FAT 32 because of smaller clusters
on large drives, but one person said go back to
FAT 16, its faster. Is this really true ? Wouldn,t
audio take up more space and I thought if the FAT
is 32 that means 32 bit right. Also, are smaller partitions really better or a big roomy 6 or 7 gig drive ? ALL COMMENTS GREATFULLY APPReCIATED
first I assumed FAT 32 because of smaller clusters
on large drives, but one person said go back to
FAT 16, its faster. Is this really true ? Wouldn,t
audio take up more space and I thought if the FAT
is 32 that means 32 bit right. Also, are smaller partitions really better or a big roomy 6 or 7 gig drive ? ALL COMMENTS GREATFULLY APPReCIATED
Message 11/13 04-Aug-98 @ 12:09 AM - RE: FAT 16 or FAT 32 for digital audio ?
Hey Craig.....wouldn't you qualify as "some dude off the net"?.....just ribbing ya...but seriously:
I think everyone here has sense enough NOT to take the word of one person they don't know and run with it. Everyone here shares the opinions on gear and such but it's still up to the indvidual to trust that person's judgement. All the searching I did on tests results say there is less than 1% performance hit when using FAT32 which is basically nothing. But, as always...take what I say with a grain of salt...:}
Peace
I think everyone here has sense enough NOT to take the word of one person they don't know and run with it. Everyone here shares the opinions on gear and such but it's still up to the indvidual to trust that person's judgement. All the searching I did on tests results say there is less than 1% performance hit when using FAT32 which is basically nothing. But, as always...take what I say with a grain of salt...:}
Peace
Message 12/13 04-Aug-98 @ 07:48 AM - RE: FAT 16 or FAT 32 for digital audio ?
I've done some good research on the subject since I started this thread and believe I trully found the answer.
FAT 32 is really good mainly for the large drive support
it offers for audio, however make sure the drives are formatted in 32K or 64K clusters, NOT 4K which is requires
too many read/writes on hard drive normally. If you don't
have Partion Magic or something similar you do the hard
way(No PUN intended) with FDISK at DOS promt
"format/z:32 c:" or "format/z:64 c:"
Then of course reload from backup. This is what I did and
I am thoroughly confident on this matter now
FAT 32 is really good mainly for the large drive support
it offers for audio, however make sure the drives are formatted in 32K or 64K clusters, NOT 4K which is requires
too many read/writes on hard drive normally. If you don't
have Partion Magic or something similar you do the hard
way(No PUN intended) with FDISK at DOS promt
"format/z:32 c:" or "format/z:64 c:"
Then of course reload from backup. This is what I did and
I am thoroughly confident on this matter now
Message 13/13 04-Aug-98 @ 04:48 PM - RE: FAT 16 or FAT 32 for digital audio ?
Islander - Yes, I do! That's exactly my point. All I was saying is that especially where OS-related issues are concerned, it's best to get the advice of someone who can back up their claims, ie the people who ran benchmarks on their drives, or a computer professional, rather than someone who said "oh, yeah FAT32 sucks..."
-Craig
-Craig
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