I've always received lots of help on here whether it be a spyware problem or configuring my wireless internet connection.

I am now experiencing a dilemma in my newly purchased 500 GB Western Digital My Book external hard drive. I still can't figure out if I should leave it as FAT32 or convert it to NTFS. I've been doing Google searches and I just end up getting more confused. Some people have said that using FAT32 is fine. Formatting the drive to NTFS doesn't really save that much space. Others have said that NTFS is a lot safer and will have fewer disk errors down the road. All I know is that you can convert FAT32 to NTFS, but not the other way around.

I'm running Windows XP Pro with Service Pack 2. The main reason why I bought the external hard drive is to save all of the pictures and videos from my new digital camcorder. I don't plan on saving or backing anything else up into the external hard drive.

I'll be more than happy to provide you with more information upon request. Like I said before, I've always received lots of valuable advice and plenty of help in these forums. Your opinions mean a lot to me.