Win98 cannot read NTFS natively. So you're probably going to want to stay
with FAT32. FAT32 doesn't have file permissions--if you need to preserve
permissions, use NTFS.
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"Richard" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
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> I have installed a new hard drive as a slave to replace
> old drive which is going bad. I partitioned new drive into
> 4 partitions: d:2392mb for Win2k e:737mb for swap files
> f:15406 applications g: 20662 files.
> The hard drive utility (max blast) will only format in
> fat32. When installing Win 2k it asks to
> Format the partition to Fat 32
> Format the partition to NTFS
> Convert the partition to NTFS
>
> Should all partitions be converted to NTFS?
> When going to convert d partition to NTFS it tells me that
> I won't be able to access other drive which is win 98.
> Should just d: remain fat 32 and others converted to NTFS?
> Thanks in advance.
>
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