NTFS & FAT 32

[TLS]

My custom built computers each have two physical hard
drives. I was wondering if I could format my boot drive
with NTFS and my secondary drive for FAT 32. I have some
(still usable) legacy software. I want to be able to
load and use the legacy software on the FAT 32 drive as
well as Use NTFS for its stability.

Thank you,
Tracy

[David B.]

Yes you can, however, it is usually not necessary as your old software "should" work fine on an NTFS partition, with a few
exceptions.

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"TLS" > wrote in message ...
> My custom built computers each have two physical hard
> drives. I was wondering if I could format my boot drive
> with NTFS and my secondary drive for FAT 32. I have some
> (still usable) legacy software. I want to be able to
> load and use the legacy software on the FAT 32 drive as
> well as Use NTFS for its stability.
>
> Thank you,
> Tracy

[TLS]

Thank you.

Tracy


>-----Original Message-----
>Yes you can, however, it is usually not necessary as
your old software "should" work fine on an NTFS
partition, with a few
>exceptions.
>
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>"TLS" > wrote in message
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>> My custom built computers each have two physical hard
>> drives. I was wondering if I could format my boot
drive
>> with NTFS and my secondary drive for FAT 32. I have
some
>> (still usable) legacy software. I want to be able to
>> load and use the legacy software on the FAT 32 drive as
>> well as Use NTFS for its stability.
>>
>> Thank you,
>> Tracy
>
>
>.
>

[Bruce Chambers]

Greetings --

WinXP can read FAT12 (the file system used on 3.5" diskettes),
FAT16, FAT32, CDFS (the file system used on most CDs), and NTFS with
equal facility. Further, the file system on any one disk/partition or
diskette has absolutely no affect upon the operating system's ability
to read other compatible file systems on other disks/partitions.


Bruce Chambers

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"TLS" > wrote in message
...
> My custom built computers each have two physical hard
> drives. I was wondering if I could format my boot drive
> with NTFS and my secondary drive for FAT 32. I have some
> (still usable) legacy software. I want to be able to
> load and use the legacy software on the FAT 32 drive as
> well as Use NTFS for its stability.
>
> Thank you,
> Tracy