NTFS, an acronym that stands for New Technology File System, is a file system first introduced by Microsoft in 1993 with the release of Windows NT 3.1. The Windows Server line of operating systems ...

All the OEM machines I've seen have come formatted as NTFS. IIRC, this is a stipulation from MS, that all XP systems should ship with NFTS, which I agree with.

So when I reinstall XP-Pro it asks if I want NTFS file system.<BR>Is there any compelling reason to change from FAT to NTFS?<BR>Thanks ...