A7A266, WinXP, NTFS and bios 1004

[Randy]

Now that I have a new A7N8X machine, I'm about to reformat the HD on the
"old" A7A266 machine for my house mate. I have all the original ASUS
installation disks and a new XP pro OS installation disk.

1. I have never upgraded the bios because I'm afraid something will go
wrong. It is still the original 1004. Will 1004 be compatible with
WinXP? If not, what is the "youngest" bios that will support WinXP? I
see the USA Asus site offers 1009, 1010, 1011, and 1012. I haven't
checked the German site yet, 'cuz I don't read German.

2. Other than the bios question, will I have any problems installing and
running the ASUS drivers if I format using NTFS, or should I stick to
fat32?

Thanks in advance.
R

sorry for the cross posting...still waiting for help from the 'other'
asus newsgroup

 

[Doc Shenley]

I've just installed XP pro to A7A266 with 1011. No probs. I stuck to
fat32. I've no reason to think the other format improves anything I'm
interested in.

 

[jaeger]

I've just installed XP pro to A7A266 with 1011. No probs. I stuck to
fat32. I've no reason to think the other format improves anything I'm
interested in.

You're not interested in reliability, efficiency, and performance?

 

[Doc Shenley]

Bollocks!

You're not interested in reliability, efficiency, and performance?

 

[Randy]

I've just installed XP pro to A7A266 with 1011. No probs. I stuck to
fat32. I've no reason to think the other format improves anything I'm
interested in.

Thanks for the reply! Makes me feel better.

R

 

[Randy]

I have the early prehistoric version of the board (the one that
doesn't even have the jumpers for overclocking) ( I think it was rev 1
or rev2 something like that). Have had WinXP pro installed from the
original bios that shipped with the board which I think was .03 have
had no problem with ntfs . now at 10.09 still no problems with ntfs

Before I started this morning, got updated ATI Radeon video drivers and
updated ALi M1647 chipset drivers. Everything went fine with the
installation of WinXP. Woo Hoo!

I think most ppl will agree with me, forget fat32 go to ntfs

Yep, NTFS.

Thanks all for your help.

R