should execution of fat32 file system I change to NTFS V3.1?

I SEE THAT THIS IS RECOMMENDED IN HELP AND SUPPORT...

What a difference it will be, I will notice?

Here is a short answer.  And here is a comparison chart.  Best I can tell from experience, the biggest hard drive and the larger the size of the files, you work with the more about NTFS shines Fat32.  I believe that NTFS has better chances of recovering files if the sectors on the disk are spoiled.

I never did a conversion from Fat32 to NTFS.  I have just chosen than what I wanted during the initial installation.  I mention this because I've heard some horror stories of people lose data during conversion.  If you decide to convert it, I suggest you do a complete backup before we do.

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