Will I be able to operate as I do now with 2 drives formatted with fat32?
2007-03-26 16:47:52 · 10 answers · asked by Goznler 2 in Computers & Internet ➔ Hardware ➔ Other - Hardware
Yes, but FAT32 won't recognize the NTFS drive. So it's recommended to have the NTFS drive as the master.
2007-03-26 16:53:14 · answer #1 · answered by Norak D 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
why yes of course... the fat32 drive would be good to store data on like music, videos, etc. while you keep your os and other stuff on the NTFS... fat 32 is more volatile and NTFS is more stable but fat32 is slightly faster...
2007-03-26 23:55:15 · answer #2 · answered by aqualung 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Very true. It is also based on how large the hardrives you are trying to format. Win XP and Win Vista use a different version of NTFS so don't dual boot them in the same partition.
2007-03-26 23:54:15 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Hi. Yes. The FAT32 is actually a bit faster, but less efficient.
2007-03-26 23:51:13 · answer #4 · answered by Cirric 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
see if you are using xp then you can be operate both partition ..whether it is fat32 or ntfs
but in windows 98 n some other old version ntfs is not executing ..
2007-03-26 23:53:24 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Fat32 vs NTFS
http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/using/setup/expert/russel_october01.mspx
If fat32 isnt working for you, its only a comand line away to convert fat32 to ntfs, but you cant convert ntfs to fat32
2007-03-27 00:00:36 · answer #6 · answered by Vincent 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Yes.
2007-03-26 23:53:16 · answer #7 · answered by Christian Soldier 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
yes. you can. But it is better to go with NTSF rather than FAT32 as there are more advantages to NTSF.
2007-03-26 23:54:42 · answer #8 · answered by Lionheart12 5 · 0⤊ 1⤋
yes you can when you format using xp cd you have that option, also if you use disk mangement
2007-03-26 23:55:03 · answer #9 · answered by altinkurti 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
No. This is illegal in 50 of the 51 states. 51 being...
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2007-03-26 23:52:59 · answer #10 · answered by Justin C 3 · 0⤊ 2⤋