FAT32 + NTFS partitions: problem playing video from NTFS

[lucia]

background:
I use win2000 on a 750Mhz pentium.
My setup consists of two harddisks (both are 5400),
one formatted with a FAT32 filesystem, the other with NTSF.

All programms, such as videoplayers, are installed to the
system-partition (C) on the FAT32 drive.
My video data is mostly stored on the other drive with NTFS.

problem:
When I play files that are stored on that drive
with NTFS it doesn't work properly.
I get dropouts and poor playing performance
regardless of which player or filetype I use.
[When I play files that are on FAT32 and the same
physical drive as the system everything works well.]

Is the problem related to those different filesystems
or is it of a different cause?
Has anyone found out anything helpful?
thanx.

[Greg12]

make it all ntfs


fat32 is a computer dinosaur

[SLK001]

I agree with Greg12 to make it all NTFS, but your problem lies elsewhere. What is the "defrag status" of your NTFS drive? If it is too fragmented, you may experience problems like this. And this will be amplified by your slow system.

[crahak]

NTFS CAN be a good thing, but the only solution? not.

NTFS is as fast as FAT32 at best. (I know someone will say it's faster...) When it gets fragmented and the MFT also becomes fragmented, it's really slow.

Disks have to be defragged, especially NTFS ones

[lucia]

What is the "defrag status" of your NTFS drive?

It's fully defragged. So that can't be the cause.

And it's not the general slowness of the system:
performance on the FAT32-drive is absolutely ok.

However, I'll change FAT32 to NTFS.
How's that being done? which tool? (e.g. partition magic?)
danger of loosing files?

[docfly]

make sure dma is turned on for that drive. Or rather both drive for that matter

[lucia]

Now I've changed FAT32 to NTFS.

But the problem remains...
it's something different...?!!

[crahak]

Doh. Either you didn't read my post, or you ignored it. Convert it all back to fat32 and see for yourself.

[lucia]

finally, it's seems to be ok now.
(after 3 hours of problem analysis)

some setting in the boot options for the NTFS drive
wasn't right so it couldn't be adressed properly.
Apparently it had nothing to do with the filesystem.

Sorry for that misinterpretation.
Thanx a lot for your help anyway.