2 Drives in my PC, 1 w/ NTFS other FAT 32 will the work together?

[Guest]

2 questions:

1) I originally partitioned and formatted my new 120 gig Hard drive with the FAT 32 file system. I then did a fresh install of Win XP Home Edition using the downloadable boot disk program from Microsoft. When the setup asked me to keep the file system the same (FAT32) on my one and only C: partition or format it to the NTFS system I choose to format it (not quick format) to the NTFS system. My question is: Would it be better to have done a new partion with the NTFS system instead of the FAT 32 then formated it with NTFS?

2) My other question is that I have another drive in the same PC with data and files already on it but its FAT32. Will My Newly installed WIN XP Home Edition on the NTFS formated C: drive have problems reading the files on my FAT32 D: drive?

 

[Epona]

2 questions:

1) I originally partitioned and formatted my new 120 gig Hard drive
with the FAT 32 file system. I then did a fresh install of Win XP
Home Edition using the downloadable boot disk program from Microsoft.
When the setup asked me to keep the file system the same (FAT32) on
my one and only C: partition or format it to the NTFS system I choose
to format it (not quick format) to the NTFS system. My question is:
Would it be better to have done a new partion with the NTFS system
instead of the FAT 32 then formated it with NTFS?

Not really - doesn't make a difference that I can discern.

2) My other question is that I have another drive in the same PC with
data and files already on it but its FAT32. Will My Newly installed
WIN XP Home Edition on the NTFS formated C: drive have problems
reading the files on my FAT32 D: drive?

No, why should it?

 

[Guest]

Thanks for the reply, I also have a network with one other Win XP PC (FAT 32) and a Win 98SE PC (FAT 32). Think I will have any problems seeing the Win 98 PC over the network? I didn't before when I had my old Hard drive with WIN XP (FAT 32).

 

[MJ]

FAT V. NTFS:

http://www.anandtech.com/guides/viewfaq.html?i=63

 

[David]

Thanks for the reply, I also have a network with one other Win XP PC
(FAT 32) and a Win 98SE PC (FAT 32). Think I will have any problems
seeing the Win 98 PC over the network? I didn't before when I had my
old Hard drive with WIN XP (FAT 32).

Files systems are not an issue over networks.

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