NT File System

[JohnW]

If I work on a computer with a NT File System under
Windows XP and save a file (in any application) on a 1.4Mb
floppy, a 100Mb Zip or a CD will I still be able to read
and manipulate the file using another computer running
Win98SE and subsequently transfer the same file back to
the NTFS Windows XP machine?
Thanks in anticipation.

 

[BC]

Yes. Ntfs refers to the formatting of the drive, not the content of the
files. The only access issue I can tink of RE Ntfs is that if you use a
non-nt based OS you won't be able to read Ntfs partitions.

 

[David B.]

A clearer answer is, yes you will. NTFS refers to the file system of a hard drive, no matter what type of system you put a floppy in
it's file system remains constant. A floppy formatted on an XP system is the same as one formatted on a 98 system, the files
themselves are unaffected by the file system.

 

[Alex Nichol]

If I work on a computer with a NT File System under
Windows XP and save a file (in any application) on a 1.4Mb
floppy, a 100Mb Zip or a CD will I still be able to read
and manipulate the file using another computer running
Win98SE and subsequently transfer the same file back to
the NTFS Windows XP machine?

The file system relates to a particular device, and NTFS is used only on
hard disks,. Floppies are the same as ever and use FAT (FAT 12 to be
precise) just as in Win98. You can move a file freely from one form of
storage to another

 

[Ken Blake, MVP]

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If I work on a computer with a NT File System under
Windows XP and save a file (in any application) on a 1.4Mb
floppy, a 100Mb Zip or a CD will I still be able to read
and manipulate the file using another computer running
Win98SE and subsequently transfer the same file back to
the NTFS Windows XP machine?

Yes. NTFS is completely irrelevant here. When you write to a
standard floppy, it's FAT12, regardless of what the file system
on the hard drive was. Similarly with zip drives and CDs, you
write using their standard formats.

The point is that NTFS is a property of the storage media, not of
the file itself.