Need fast answer - will files transfer from FAT32 to NTFS?

[Randy O.]

This may or may not be a dilemma for me. I'm building a new computer for my
father with Win XP home ver. with NTFS formatting. I have backed up files
on CD from the other computer with Win 98SE. The files include Family Tree
Maker compressed primary data files, normal data files(genealogy images,
txt, files, images), and Win 98 SE( IE favorites, inbox and named wab file
of address book of Outlook Express). Where will I have problems, and what
can I do to get the data on the new computer OS format? Thank you!!!!

Sincerely -- Randy

[Nicholas]

Windows XP will not recognize files that are compressed using Windows =
98's
DriveSpace program. You will need to uncompress them on a Windows 98
machine first. Other than that, there should be no problem reinstalling =
data
to a NTFS drive.

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Nicholas

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"Randy O." > wrote in message: =20
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| This may or may not be a dilemma for me. I'm building a new computer =
for my
| father with Win XP home ver. with NTFS formatting. I have backed up =
files
| on CD from the other computer with Win 98SE. The files include Family =
Tree
| Maker compressed primary data files, normal data files(genealogy =
images,
| txt, files, images), and Win 98 SE( IE favorites, inbox and named wab =
file
| of address book of Outlook Express). Where will I have problems, and =
what
| can I do to get the data on the new computer OS format? Thank you!!!!
|=20
| Sincerely -- Randy

[Dan DeStefano]

did you just burn the files, or did you use 98's backup program to back them
up, then burn the backup file? if you simply burned the files, then its
fine, xp can read them no matter what file system the hdd is formatted with.
this is because cdroms use an entirely different file system called,
appropriately enough, cd file system (cdfs), which all ms os' can read.

Dan DeStefano


"Randy O." > wrote in message
...
> This may or may not be a dilemma for me. I'm building a new computer for
my
> father with Win XP home ver. with NTFS formatting. I have backed up files
> on CD from the other computer with Win 98SE. The files include Family
Tree
> Maker compressed primary data files, normal data files(genealogy images,
> txt, files, images), and Win 98 SE( IE favorites, inbox and named wab file
> of address book of Outlook Express). Where will I have problems, and what
> can I do to get the data on the new computer OS format? Thank you!!!!
>
> Sincerely -- Randy
>
>

[Ron Martell]

"Randy O." > wrote:

>This may or may not be a dilemma for me. I'm building a new computer for my
>father with Win XP home ver. with NTFS formatting. I have backed up files
>on CD from the other computer with Win 98SE. The files include Family Tree
>Maker compressed primary data files, normal data files(genealogy images,
>txt, files, images), and Win 98 SE( IE favorites, inbox and named wab file
>of address book of Outlook Express). Where will I have problems, and what
>can I do to get the data on the new computer OS format? Thank you!!!!
>
>Sincerely -- Randy
>

Windows XP can read both FAT32 and NTFS formatted disks. However your
files on a CD will not be in either format, but that is not a concern
either. The CD will be in one of the CD data formats and that wil be
totally readable by Windows XP.

What you can do that will simplify the transfer work for you is to use the
Files and Settings Transfer Wizard that comes with Windows XP. You can
run this on the Windows 98 system to save all of the files and
configuration settings into one compressed data file and then use it again
on XP to import the whole thing. Very fast and convenient, and it can be
configured to get data file types that it does not already know about.

See MVP Gary Woodruff's article at http://aumha.org/a/fast.htm

Good luck


Ron Martell Duncan B.C. Canada
--
Microsoft MVP
On-Line Help Computer Service
http://onlinehelp.bc.ca

"The reason computer chips are so small is computers don't eat much."

[Alex Nichol]

Randy O. wrote:

>This may or may not be a dilemma for me. I'm building a new computer for my
>father with Win XP home ver. with NTFS formatting. I have backed up files
>on CD from the other computer with Win 98SE. The files include Family Tree
>Maker compressed primary data files, normal data files(genealogy images,
>txt, files, images), and Win 98 SE( IE favorites, inbox and named wab file
>of address book of Outlook Express). Where will I have problems, and what
>can I do to get the data on the new computer OS format?

As far as FAT vs NTFS are concerned, the files are exactly the same - it
is solely a matter of the structure within which they are held. Think
of two offices, one using old Box files on shelves, one using suspended
folders in file cabinets - you can take a document from one and file it
in the other.

Any compression done by programs themselves, or by standard third party
systems like Zip files will give no trouble. The only one to look out
for is floppy or other disks that have been compressed as a whole with
Drive Space - XP does not handle that.


--
Alex Nichol MS MVP (Windows - File Systems)
Bournemouth, U.K.