JohnHiersIII

1 bit is a binary 1 or 0 8 bits is equal to 1 byte If you have a 1 Mbps connection you should show a transfer around 1024 Kbps divided by 8 = 128 Kbps (KiloBytes). Of course under best possible circumstances, there is still room for error and the faster you connection the error rate could increase, more lost bits, collisions, runts, noise, and other factors. I also believe some of the bits are used for keeping syncronization of the digital signals timing, error correction, and ecapsulation of packets, so even dividing by 8 it will be off some but not a lot. This is the way I see it anyway. They are both units of measurement, simlar to 1000 meters = 1 kilometer except it is done by a factor of 8. The reason for the 8 is also is 8 bits is the max number allowed. 11111111 = 255 if you want to convert it. Ip address is 32-bit divided into 4 8-bit octets. 255 is the largest number possible from 8 bits.

Hi dlewis, You are right about the 32GB limitation when formating in FAT32 using Windows 2000 or XP. But you can use Windows 98 or ME fdisk utility and FAT32 can be then be formatted and limited to 128GB (127.53)GB which you can then install XP on. The biggest difference is NTFS has file and folder level security. You can specify which users or groups of users can have access, are not allowed access, or denied access. Encryption of the files is also supported on NTFS ver. 5, which came out with Windows 2000. I would only use FAT32 if I wanted to run Windows 9X and XP on the same computer to dual boot. That way either operating system has access to the others files, because Windows 98 only supports the FAT file system. I have seen some 3rd party software that did give NTFS support for 98 though.

Some burning software you have to tell it to burn from an image and then point to the .iso file. Ubuntu is pretty straight forward on the install. What error are you getting? NTLDR.dll missing or such.

Hi starship trooper, The major difference between NTFS and FAT32 is NTFS supports more security. FAT32 is able to share files but NTFS is able to allow or deny to users or groups of users. NTFS also can allow you to use the NTFS file permissions even to the local machine if it has multiple users. FAT32 is a little quicker performance wise. If originally formated to FAT32 you can always convert to NTFS. However, you will not be able to go from NTFS to FAT32. The only real reason I see anyone running FAT32 anymore is for dual booting purposes, such as running both Win98 and Windows XP on one PC. NTFS also supports encryption of files. There may be more reasons and would be interested in others responses. I hope I responded well, first response for me.