FAT vs NTFS

FAT vs NTFS.....
Pros:
using a FAT system partition would allow recovery of a non-bootable system with a simple DOS boot floppy. It does use less resources. If you keep the partition under 512MB you get a small cluster size to maximize usage.Cons:
Security, NONE well.. very little
Partition can be accessed with a simple DOS boot floppy. Lower performance. A large percentage of the utilities, file compression, and Win32 services require the NTFS system. Using third party tools (Winternal's) you can rescue a non-bootable system with a boot floppy or two. I always setup my systems using NTFS. Any resource overhead you save with FAT is outweighed by the loss of security and performance

Use FAT if you need to access the sytem from DOS or W9X.
If you are going to set up a dual boot system, all drives with shared files will need to be FAT.

Also, use FAT if you have a small hard drive.

Use ntsf if your system will be WNT, 2K, XP only.
ntsf supports larger hard drives than FAT.

While FAT uses fewer resources, on larger drives, the extra lost capacity from the large FAT clusters can make ntsf more effective.

The other advantage of ntsf is data integrity. ntsf has better error checking and recovery than fat.