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Windows XP pro install, no choice for FAT 32?

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Macro2

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I'm doing an XP professional install. 80GB WD HD. You get to a screen for format and the only two choices it gives are NTFS (quick) and NTFS format.
What happened to the FAT 32 choice?
I know FAT 32 is supposed to be compatible with NTFS but I still don't like the idea.
Also. Is one partition enough on 80 GB?

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a couple of things:

1. the Fat 32 choice is gone from that list because you are formating a partition that is larger than 30 GB (it doesnt let you create larger ones).
2. yes one partition is enough on an 80 GB (if you are using NTFS)
3. FAT 32 and NTFS are not "compatable" with anything, they are simply file systems. Windows XP can use and access both Fat 32 and NTFS, windows 9x can use and access only Fat.

-Spy
 
Ah, thank you.

I still want 98SE with (FAT32) to be able to read the NTFS files. and visa versa. Can I still use NTFS on the XP machine?
It's critical that people using 98SE can read my files.
 
Originally posted by: Macro2
Ah, thank you.

I still want 98SE with (FAT32) to be able to read the NTFS files. and visa versa. Can I still use NTFS on the XP machine?
It's critical that people using 98SE can read my files.
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than no, you would have to use FAT32

I would recommend a windows 98 boot disk and creating/formating the partitions from there (maybe 2x20 GB partitions). than just install winxp on the existing partition.

-Spy
 
By people using Win98, do you mean other people on the network or dualbooting that machine? If it is over the network the file system has nothing to do with it. If it is local then you will need to format to FAT32, but Id rather drop the POS OS instead of limitting myself to a POS filesystem.
 
Thanks for the reply...
RE:"By people using Win98, do you mean other people on the network"
There is no DUAL BOOT just network transfer.

It's just that the old computer uses 98SE FAT32 and I want all the files to move over.
There are computers on the network using XP FAT32 and 98SE FAT 32.

 
From what I gather there is no problem with a computer using FAT32 reading and writing to files created on a computer using NTFS and visa versa?
 
Originally posted by: Macro2
Thanks for the reply...
RE:"By people using Win98, do you mean other people on the network"
There is no DUAL BOOT just network transfer.

It's just that the old computer uses 98SE FAT32 and I want all the files to move over.
There are computers on the network using XP FAT32 and 98SE FAT 32.
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The file system has pretty much nothing to do with network based file sharing. Use NTFS.
 
Just to clarify, if not reiterate, computers on a network can read and access each other's files regardless of whether they are running winXp/Win9x/NTFS/FAT32.

The only time you will run into a problem, and I have tried various permutations of this, is if you have an operating system installed on a FAT32 drive and try to access an NTFS drive mounted as a secondary drive on the same machine.
 
The only time you will run into a problem, and I have tried various permutations of this, is if you have an operating system installed on a FAT32 drive and try to access an NTFS drive mounted as a secondary drive on the same machine.
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You'll only have that problem if the OS on the FAT partition doesn't support NTFS, i.e. Win9X.
 

the reason why FAT format partition are phase out, it is due to your harddrive larger then 32G.
Any partition if larger then 32G, the buidin disk format utility of Windows XP will phase out FAT and only offer NTFS.
but you still can format and partition your hardddrive by other tools into FAT32 and install XP on to it.

choice win98 bootdisk
third party harddisk format utility.

have a nice day
 
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