Originally posted here by Sudo


What does dual booting have to do with your choice of filesystems? You can, in fact, dual boot NTFS. Right now I'm dual booting Gentoo Linux (EXT3) and Windows XP Pro (NTFS.)
Yes, but depending on what he would dual boot into, it might make a difference. I've had problems with dual boot 98/NT or 98/2000 it if wasn't FAT32. Yes, you can dual boot with NTFS, but depending on the OS involved, might not be the best choice.

Since he's not dual booting, though, the point is moot. Always use NTFS if at all possible in a Windows environment.