QUESTION :
I’m looking to format my hard drive. I’ve heard about a file system called “ext3”, it’s supposedly a linux partition and I think is a lot faster than NTFS.
But my question, is, is there anything faster than ext3? And how could I format my drive to that particular file system.
I’m using Windows 8.
ANSWER :
You’re right ext3 (and there’s also ext4) is a Linux File System. Yes, it’s fast but not compatible with Windows. If you want to use an ext3/4 file system you’ll need a Linux OS. For Windows 8 the default NTFS file system is plenty fast as opposed to FAT32.
Ext4 is faster (I think) than Ext3, but they are both Linux filesystems, and I doubt that you can get Windows 8 drivers for either ext3 or ext4. If I were you, I would stick with NTFS.