NTSF and FAT32 transfering between two hard drives

[firestorm225]

If I have Windows XP on NTSF one one hard drive, and I connect another one as a slave with Windows 98SE and FAT32, will I be able to transfer files between the two? If not, would it be possible to have them both as FAT32 so I can transfer my files (I only need to do this once) and then convert XP to NTSF?

 

[sohcrates]

Yep, the NTSF drive and XP will see with Fat32 drive no problem...and you can drag all your files over.

NTFS and FAT32 work just find together...the only "problem" is that a win9x or winME system running on a Fat32 drive CANNOT read an NTFS drive...but that's not the case for you

 

[Rand]

Yes, WindowsXP will be able to see the drive partitioned as FAT32 perfectly fine and you can transfer files between them all you want.
The issue between the two file systems is that some Operating Systems like Windows 9X cannot recognize or use NTFS partitions at all. WindowsXP can use/recognize and run on either FAt32 or NTFS perfectly fine.

 

[firestorm225]

Ok, thanks a lot!