Fat32 and NTFS

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I was checking out my Mother's computer today. A Sony PCG-FXA32 Notebook PC
with a 15GB hard drive. She has a drive (C:) which is Fat32...and then there
is a drive (D:) which is NTFS.
Are not both partitions supposed to be the same???
Should I fix this? And how?
Thank You
 
Treeskier said:
I was checking out my Mother's computer today. A Sony PCG-FXA32 Notebook PC
with a 15GB hard drive. She has a drive (C:) which is Fat32...and then there
is a drive (D:) which is NTFS.
Are not both partitions supposed to be the same???
Should I fix this? And how?
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No. There is NOTHING to fix. In fact, the fact that C: is FAT32 will
make it 10 times
EASIER to fix in the future if there is a REAL problem.
 
As always Thanks you guys.
Does anyone have a clue as to why they are different or why someone would do
it that way in the first place?


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Treeskier said:
I was checking out my Mother's computer today. A Sony PCG-FXA32
Notebook PC with a 15GB hard drive. She has a drive (C:) which is
Fat32...and then there is a drive (D:) which is NTFS.
Are not both partitions supposed to be the same???
Click to expand...


No, there's no reason they have to be, and there's nothing wit the way they
are.

Should I fix this? And how?
Click to expand...


You can convert the FAT32 drive if you want to, but just making the two the
same is _not_ a good reason to do so.
 
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Treeskier said:
As always Thanks you guys.
Does anyone have a clue as to why they are different or why someone
would do it that way in the first place?
Click to expand...


You're welcome. No, it's very different to answer that question. Who set it up and why he made the choices he did aren't apparent from here.
 
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