Patty
April 20th 04, 05:41 AM
Thank you everyone for your replies. I just wanted to be sure before I used
NTFS (is that the best way to go for XP?) and then found out my 98SE and ME
computers on the network couldn't see the files I need to share.
Patty
"Tom" > wrote in message
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"Patty" > wrote in message
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This makes sense to me, but he goes on to say (and I
> am quoting here) "The same is true of a network. If one machine uses NTFS
> and another uses FAT or FAT32, the NTFS machine will be able to access FAT
> and FAT32 files, but the FAT and FAT32 machine will not be able to access
> the files on the NTSF machine." So is he wrong here, or am I not
This guy is dead wrong, filing systems pertain to one local machine in that
case, but shares across network can see "all" files and the filing system
has nothing to do with it. Keep in mind, there are no such things (so to
speak) as FAT32 files (or NTFS for that matter). FAT and NTFS are simply
filing systems for storage on a drive.
NTFS (is that the best way to go for XP?) and then found out my 98SE and ME
computers on the network couldn't see the files I need to share.
Patty
"Tom" > wrote in message
...
"Patty" > wrote in message
...
This makes sense to me, but he goes on to say (and I
> am quoting here) "The same is true of a network. If one machine uses NTFS
> and another uses FAT or FAT32, the NTFS machine will be able to access FAT
> and FAT32 files, but the FAT and FAT32 machine will not be able to access
> the files on the NTSF machine." So is he wrong here, or am I not
This guy is dead wrong, filing systems pertain to one local machine in that
case, but shares across network can see "all" files and the filing system
has nothing to do with it. Keep in mind, there are no such things (so to
speak) as FAT32 files (or NTFS for that matter). FAT and NTFS are simply
filing systems for storage on a drive.