Vista - NTFS or FAT32 Partition to install Vista???

hi i'm about to partition my hard drive so i can install vista and i was
wondering what file system to use. currently me hp pc has a 200gg hard drive
partitioned 185gb - ntfs and 5gb fat32 (for backup)
which file system is better?
also if i give mtself 60gb for vista will that be enough?
any ideas?

Many Thanks,
Hish

Vista requires NTFS. It needs at least 15GB, so 60 is more than enough for
the OS and applications.


"Hish.Com" <HishCom@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:3C9FC9B4-328A-4225-94F4-963F13EE5431@microsoft.com...
> hi i'm about to partition my hard drive so i can install vista and i was
> wondering what file system to use. currently me hp pc has a 200gg hard
> drive
> partitioned 185gb - ntfs and 5gb fat32 (for backup)
> which file system is better?
> also if i give mtself 60gb for vista will that be enough?
> any ideas?
>
> Many Thanks,
> Hish

I think you'll need more than 5GB for backup.


Hish.Com wrote:
> hi i'm about to partition my hard drive so i can install vista and i was
> wondering what file system to use. currently me hp pc has a 200gg hard drive
> partitioned 185gb - ntfs and 5gb fat32 (for backup)
> which file system is better?
> also if i give mtself 60gb for vista will that be enough?
> any ideas?
>
> Many Thanks,
> Hish

FAT32 is not an option.

"Hish.Com" <HishCom@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:3C9FC9B4-328A-4225-94F4-963F13EE5431@microsoft.com...
> hi i'm about to partition my hard drive so i can install vista and i was
> wondering what file system to use. currently me hp pc has a 200gg hard
> drive
> partitioned 185gb - ntfs and 5gb fat32 (for backup)
> which file system is better?
> also if i give mtself 60gb for vista will that be enough?
> any ideas?
>
> Many Thanks,
> Hish

hi
the 5gb partiton is the backup files which hp pc came with. They are used
incase i need to do a pc recovery.
Thank you everyone for the advice,

Hish

"Rick" wrote:

> I think you'll need more than 5GB for backup.
>
>
> Hish.Com wrote:
> > hi i'm about to partition my hard drive so i can install vista and i was
> > wondering what file system to use. currently me hp pc has a 200gg hard drive
> > partitioned 185gb - ntfs and 5gb fat32 (for backup)
> > which file system is better?
> > also if i give mtself 60gb for vista will that be enough?
> > any ideas?
> >
> > Many Thanks,
> > Hish
>

NTFS !

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Alejandro Curquejo
Microsoft MVP
Windows XP Shell/User
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"Hish.Com" <HishCom@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:3C9FC9B4-328A-4225-94F4-963F13EE5431@microsoft.com...
> hi i'm about to partition my hard drive so i can install vista and i was
> wondering what file system to use. currently me hp pc has a 200gg hard
> drive
> partitioned 185gb - ntfs and 5gb fat32 (for backup)
> which file system is better?
> also if i give mtself 60gb for vista will that be enough?
> any ideas?
>
> Many Thanks,
> Hish

"Hish.Com" <HishCom@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:3C9FC9B4-328A-4225-94F4-963F13EE5431@microsoft.com...
> hi i'm about to partition my hard drive so i can install vista and i was
> wondering what file system to use. currently me hp pc has a 200gg hard
> drive
> partitioned 185gb - ntfs and 5gb fat32 (for backup)
> which file system is better?
> also if i give mtself 60gb for vista will that be enough?
> any ideas?
>
> Many Thanks,
> Hish

Note that the answers to this question are not individual, but are totally
NECESSARY. Vista will NOT install on a FAT32 partition.

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Donald L McDaniel
Please reply to the original thread.
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Hahaha. @ Colin Barnhort...change the word FAT32 into Failure, and you got a
Coach Boone right there.

Failure is not an option.

Take a chill pill!