Need info re: usb hard drive

[Medea]

My desktop is FAT32 (dual-boot with Win2k and Win98), and MY laptop is NTFS with WinXP. I was thinking of getting a usb hard drive to be used as a backup for both computers. One half would formatted in FAT32 and the other half formatted in NTFS.

Anyone see a problem with this. I'm asking because I've seen some posts that WinXP can act quirky with usb hard drives.

 

[Sheriff]

That's the way mines designed C=NFTS and D=Fat32. I can Ghost it as well that way

 

[DaveSimmons]

W2K and WXP can read/write to large FAT32 partitions, they just can't format them. So there's no need to have the second NTFS partition.

 

[Sheriff]

When I'm in Win98SE it won't read the NFTS and I do have files that I do not want others to see in NFTS (esp Minors)

 

[DaveSimmons]

Originally posted by: Sheriff
When I'm in Win98SE it won't read the NFTS and I do have files that I do not want others to see in NFTS (esp Minors)

I was talking to the OP about his USB backup drive.

For multiple OSes I prefer to create separate C: partitions and use Boot Magic to choose between them, so the OS partitions are isolated from each other.

 

[Medea]

Thanks. Now I've got to look for a good buy....