XP's NTFS copying to FAT32

[Ron]

I had a similar question yesterday on the 4th: Search
for "Backing up a NTFS Volume to Fat 32"

>-----Original Message-----
>At present, my company has a central PC (FAT32) used for
>backing up workstation data to, and a 120GB portable
>firewire HDD (FAT32) attached to it, for backing up the
>central PC.
>
>I plan to upgrade the central PC to XP with NTFS to
secure
>it better. Furthermore, I know that I don't have any
>limitations in file sizes with XP; for example, I can
>easily have a 40Gb database file, and this is another
>important factor in using XP.
>
>However, if we upgrade our central PC to XP and NTFS,
>would this stop us from copying, for example, a 40Gb
>datafile to our FAT32 portable HDD, even if we are
copying
>from the XP machine to a peripheral device on that same
>machine?
>
>Furthermore, if we had to rebuild the central PC, and
want
>to restore, for example, a 40Gb datafile backup to the
>central PC: would the FAT32 on the portable HDD prevent
us
>from copying the datafile back to its original
destination
>on the central PC?
>
>Would I have to reformat our portable 120GB HDD into
NTFS
>somehow?
>
>Regards
>.
>