Can I copy/move a file, from a NTFS drive in XP home-to-a FAT32drive and read it in win 98se??

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Dorothy

Can I copy/move a file, from a NTFS drive in XP home-to-a FAT32 drive
and read it in win 98se??


Thanks
D.
 
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Carey Frisch [MVP]

Yes, as long as the program that created the file in Windows XP
is also installed in Windows 98SE.

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| Can I copy/move a file, from a NTFS drive in XP home-to-a FAT32 drive
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Alex Nichol

Dorothy said:
Can I copy/move a file, from a NTFS drive in XP home-to-a FAT32 drive
and read it in win 98se??
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Yes. The file is unchanged. just the system it is held in. Compare
moving a letter from a drop filing system in drawers, into box files on
shelves - the letter is the same
 

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