Sharing after NTFS

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Dear NG

If I convert my XP Pro file system from FAT 32 to NTFS will I still be able
to share files with Win 98 SE machines on my LAN?

Thanks,

Kevin
 
Kevin said:
Dear NG

If I convert my XP Pro file system from FAT 32 to NTFS will I still be able
to share files with Win 98 SE machines on my LAN?

Thanks,

Kevin
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NO . Win 98 can't read ntsf ..... Total
 
Wrong answer. If the OP had Wind98 installed on the same computer, booted to it and tried to read a local NTFS drive then Win98 could not read it, but from another computer on the LAN the file system on the other computer is not a factor.

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NO . Win 98 can't read ntsf ..... Total
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No, this isn't correct. Windows 98 *will* be able to access files
over the LAN. The file systems used are irrelevant. The access to
the file system is done by the local machine, not the remote one.
Only data is transferred across the network, not the file system.

Think of the internet, for example, which is just a big network.
You are able to download files from all sorts of computers all
over the world without even knowing what kind of computers they
are, or what file systems they use. In miniature, it's exactly
the same with Kevin's LAN.
 
Greetings --

Sorry, wrong answer.

The file systems on the various computers communicating over a
network are completely irrelevant, as none of the individual
computers' operating systems ever directly access the other computers'
hard drives. Instead, a computer sends a "request," if you will, for
the desired data, and the operating system of the host ("receiving")
computer accesses its own hard drive (whose file system it obviously
can read) and then sends that data back to the requesting computer as
neutral packets of information that are completely independent of the
file systems on the respective computers. After all, don't you use a
Windows-based PC (whether it's FAT32 or NTFS) to access data stored on
the Internet's mostly Unix servers, which use a completely different
file system?


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Total, Bill and Ken,

Thanks for your quick responces.

Looks like I've got some converting to do.

Kevin
 
Dear NG:

Since I've obviously come to the right place...

My drive is setup with XP on C:
Documents on D:
Program setup files and backups on E:
All FAT32

Should I convert C: first or should I convert the other partitions first or
does it even matter?

If I convert C: first will the NTFS partition be able to "see" the FAT
partitions?

Thanks

Kevin
 
NTFS can see any filesystem (made by Microsoft) prior to XP, that includes W2K,
NT4, ME/9x, and MsDOS. ME/9x and dos based system can't see NTFS without third
party software to enable them to see that filesystem.

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|
| Dear NG:
|
| Since I've obviously come to the right place...
|
| My drive is setup with XP on C:
| Documents on D:
| Program setup files and backups on E:
| All FAT32
|
| Should I convert C: first or should I convert the other partitions first or
| does it even matter?
|
| If I convert C: first will the NTFS partition be able to "see" the FAT
| partitions?
|
| Thanks
|
| Kevin
|
|
 
Dear NG:

Since I've obviously come to the right place...

My drive is setup with XP on C:
Documents on D:
Program setup files and backups on E:
All FAT32

Should I convert C: first or should I convert the other partitions
first or does it even matter?

If I convert C: first will the NTFS partition be able to "see" the FAT
partitions?

Thanks

Kevin
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Yes. XP can read/write to both Fat32 and NTFS.

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