File Conversion

Can you convert FAT 32 files to NFTS using Win98 SE?

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Lavert Y Bryant
Powder Springs GA

No.

You need Windows NT, Windows 2000, Windows XP or Windows 2003.

And it's NTFS. NT File System.

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Can you convert FAT 32 files to NFTS using Win98 SE?

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Lavert Y Bryant
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Can you convert FAT 32 files to NFTS using Win98 SE?


That's "NTFS," not "NFTS." And there's no such thing as "FAT32
files." They are files on a FAT32 *drive* (or partition).

No you can't convert a FAT32 drive to NTFS using Windows 98. And
if you converted the drive elsewhere, you couldn't read them on a
Windows 98 system. Windows 98 has no support for NTFS.

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Thanks to all who responded. I have two computers one with Win XP Home
Edition and the other Win98SE. I now know what I need to know. Thanks
again.

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Lavert Y Bryant
Powder Springs GA

"Wesley Vogel" wrote in message
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No.

You need Windows NT, Windows 2000, Windows XP or Windows 2003.

And it's NTFS. NT File System.

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Lavert hunted and pecked:
Can you convert FAT 32 files to NFTS using Win98 SE?

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Lavert Y Bryant
Powder Springs GA

Ken Blake wrote:

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Lavert typed:

Can you convert FAT 32 files to NFTS using Win98 SE?


That's "NTFS," not "NFTS." And there's no such thing as "FAT32
files." They are files on a FAT32 *drive* (or partition).

No you can't convert a FAT32 drive to NTFS using Windows 98. And
if you converted the drive elsewhere, you couldn't read them on a
Windows 98 system. Windows 98 has no support for NTFS.

Unless the OP is talking about using files she created in some program
on the Win98 machine on the XP box. A lot of users confuse converting a
drive with being able to read the files created in Word, for example.
Lavert, if you need more help with this please post back with exactly
what you are trying to do.

Malke
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MS-MVP Windows - Shell/User

Just because the drive on your 98 machine is formatted FAT32 and the XP
machine may be formatted NTFS, it doesn't mean that you can't transfer files
between the two machines.

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Hope this helps. Let us know.

Wes
MS-MVP Windows Shell/User

In ,
Lavert hunted and pecked:
Thanks to all who responded. I have two computers one with Win XP Home
Edition and the other Win98SE. I now know what I need to know. Thanks
again.

--
Lavert Y Bryant
Powder Springs GA

"Wesley Vogel" wrote in message
...
No.

You need Windows NT, Windows 2000, Windows XP or Windows 2003.

And it's NTFS. NT File System.

--
Hope this helps. Let us know.

Wes
MS-MVP Windows Shell/User

In t,
Lavert hunted and pecked:
Can you convert FAT 32 files to NFTS using Win98 SE?

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Lavert Y Bryant
Powder Springs GA

In ,
Malke typed:

Ken Blake wrote:

In t,
Lavert typed:

Can you convert FAT 32 files to NFTS using Win98 SE?


That's "NTFS," not "NFTS." And there's no such thing as "FAT32
files." They are files on a FAT32 *drive* (or partition).

No you can't convert a FAT32 drive to NTFS using Windows 98.
And
if you converted the drive elsewhere, you couldn't read them
on a
Windows 98 system. Windows 98 has no support for NTFS.

Unless the OP is talking about using files she created in some
program
on the Win98 machine on the XP box. A lot of users confuse
converting
a drive with being able to read the files created in Word, for
example. Lavert, if you need more help with this please post
back
with exactly what you are trying to do.


Yes, I didn't think of that, and it's possible that the OP meant
something like that. I agree that clarification would be helpful.

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Ken Blake - Microsoft MVP Windows: Shell/User
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Ken:

Thanks for your reply. I want to get an I/O Magic 40GB USB micro drive for
backup. Was wondering if I could back up HD A (Win98SE) and HD B (Win XP
Home Edition) to the mentioned micro drive? Thanks in advance.

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Lavert Y Bryant
Powder Springs GA

"Malke" wrote in message
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Ken Blake wrote:

In t,
Lavert typed:

Can you convert FAT 32 files to NFTS using Win98 SE?


That's "NTFS," not "NFTS." And there's no such thing as "FAT32
files." They are files on a FAT32 *drive* (or partition).

No you can't convert a FAT32 drive to NTFS using Windows 98. And
if you converted the drive elsewhere, you couldn't read them on a
Windows 98 system. Windows 98 has no support for NTFS.

Unless the OP is talking about using files she created in some program
on the Win98 machine on the XP box. A lot of users confuse converting a
drive with being able to read the files created in Word, for example.
Lavert, if you need more help with this please post back with exactly
what you are trying to do.

Malke
--
Elephant Boy Computers
www.elephantboycomputers.com
"Don't Panic!"
MS-MVP Windows - Shell/User

In t,
Lavert typed:

Thanks for your reply. I want to get an I/O Magic 40GB USB
micro
drive for backup. Was wondering if I could back up HD A
(Win98SE)
and HD B (Win XP Home Edition) to the mentioned micro drive?
Thanks
in advance.


Sure. You can partition the drive with two partitions, one NTFS
and the other FAT32.

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"Malke" wrote in message
...
Ken Blake wrote:

In t,
Lavert typed:

Can you convert FAT 32 files to NFTS using Win98 SE?


That's "NTFS," not "NFTS." And there's no such thing as
"FAT32
files." They are files on a FAT32 *drive* (or partition).

No you can't convert a FAT32 drive to NTFS using Windows 98.
And
if you converted the drive elsewhere, you couldn't read them
on a
Windows 98 system. Windows 98 has no support for NTFS.

Unless the OP is talking about using files she created in some
program on the Win98 machine on the XP box. A lot of users
confuse
converting a drive with being able to read the files created
in
Word, for example. Lavert, if you need more help with this
please
post back with exactly what you are trying to do.

Malke
--
Elephant Boy Computers
www.elephantboycomputers.com
"Don't Panic!"
MS-MVP Windows - Shell/User

no...Win98 doesn't use NTFS.

"Lavert" wrote in message
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Can you convert FAT 32 files to NFTS using Win98 SE?

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Lavert Y Bryant
Powder Springs GA

Correct...you can still copy files to cd or zip or floppy or usb drive and
copy them over to the other system; the removeable storeage devices aren't
limited by NTFS/FAT32 - they use a different file system.

NTFS/FAT32 is only a Hard disk file system format.

"Wesley Vogel" wrote in message
...
Just because the drive on your 98 machine is formatted FAT32 and the XP
machine may be formatted NTFS, it doesn't mean that you can't transfer
files
between the two machines.

--
Hope this helps. Let us know.

Wes
MS-MVP Windows Shell/User

In ,
Lavert hunted and pecked:
Thanks to all who responded. I have two computers one with Win XP Home
Edition and the other Win98SE. I now know what I need to know. Thanks
again.

--
Lavert Y Bryant
Powder Springs GA

"Wesley Vogel" wrote in message
...
No.

You need Windows NT, Windows 2000, Windows XP or Windows 2003.

And it's NTFS. NT File System.

--
Hope this helps. Let us know.

Wes
MS-MVP Windows Shell/User

In t,
Lavert hunted and pecked:
Can you convert FAT 32 files to NFTS using Win98 SE?

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Lavert Y Bryant
Powder Springs GA

The File system for 3½" floppies is FAT12.

File System and Floppy Disk Structures
http://www.pcguide.com/ref/fdd/formatFile-c.html

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Hope this helps. Let us know.

Wes
MS-MVP Windows Shell/User

In ,
Andrew Murray hunted and pecked:
Correct...you can still copy files to cd or zip or floppy or usb drive and
copy them over to the other system; the removeable storeage devices aren't
limited by NTFS/FAT32 - they use a different file system.

NTFS/FAT32 is only a Hard disk file system format.

"Wesley Vogel" wrote in message
...
Just because the drive on your 98 machine is formatted FAT32 and the XP
machine may be formatted NTFS, it doesn't mean that you can't transfer
files
between the two machines.

--
Hope this helps. Let us know.

Wes
MS-MVP Windows Shell/User

In ,
Lavert hunted and pecked:
Thanks to all who responded. I have two computers one with Win XP Home
Edition and the other Win98SE. I now know what I need to know. Thanks
again.

--
Lavert Y Bryant
Powder Springs GA

"Wesley Vogel" wrote in message
...
No.

You need Windows NT, Windows 2000, Windows XP or Windows 2003.

And it's NTFS. NT File System.

--
Hope this helps. Let us know.

Wes
MS-MVP Windows Shell/User

In t,
Lavert hunted and pecked:
Can you convert FAT 32 files to NFTS using Win98 SE?

--
Lavert Y Bryant
Powder Springs GA

In ,
Wesley Vogel typed:

The File system for 3½" floppies is FAT12.



Generally true, but let me make a minor addition, if I may:

Any disk under 16MB, whether a floppy (of any size) or a hard
drive, will be formatted as FAT12. So all standard floppies,
whether 3½" or 5¼", are FAT12.

But, although they aren't common these days, the LS120 and LS240
floppies (also called "superdisks") hold 120MB and 240MB
respectively, and they use FAT16, not FAT12.

--
Ken Blake - Microsoft MVP Windows: Shell/User
Please reply to the newsgroup



In
,
Andrew Murray hunted and pecked:
Correct...you can still copy files to cd or zip or floppy or
usb
drive and copy them over to the other system; the removeable
storeage devices aren't limited by NTFS/FAT32 - they use a
different
file system.

NTFS/FAT32 is only a Hard disk file system format.

"Wesley Vogel" wrote in message
...
Just because the drive on your 98 machine is formatted FAT32
and
the XP machine may be formatted NTFS, it doesn't mean that
you
can't transfer files
between the two machines.

--
Hope this helps. Let us know.

Wes
MS-MVP Windows Shell/User

In ,
Lavert hunted and pecked:
Thanks to all who responded. I have two computers one with
Win XP
Home Edition and the other Win98SE. I now know what I need
to
know. Thanks again.

--
Lavert Y Bryant
Powder Springs GA

"Wesley Vogel" wrote in message
...
No.

You need Windows NT, Windows 2000, Windows XP or Windows
2003.

And it's NTFS. NT File System.

--
Hope this helps. Let us know.

Wes
MS-MVP Windows Shell/User

In t,
Lavert hunted and pecked:
Can you convert FAT 32 files to NFTS using Win98 SE?

--
Lavert Y Bryant
Powder Springs GA

Gotch, Ken, should've used the word generally.

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Hope this helps. Let us know.

Wes
MS-MVP Windows Shell/User

In ,
Ken Blake hunted and pecked:
In ,
Wesley Vogel typed:

The File system for 3½" floppies is FAT12.



Generally true, but let me make a minor addition, if I may:

Any disk under 16MB, whether a floppy (of any size) or a hard
drive, will be formatted as FAT12. So all standard floppies,
whether 3½" or 5¼", are FAT12.

But, although they aren't common these days, the LS120 and LS240
floppies (also called "superdisks") hold 120MB and 240MB
respectively, and they use FAT16, not FAT12.

--
Ken Blake - Microsoft MVP Windows: Shell/User
Please reply to the newsgroup



In
,
Andrew Murray hunted and pecked:
Correct...you can still copy files to cd or zip or floppy or
usb
drive and copy them over to the other system; the removeable
storeage devices aren't limited by NTFS/FAT32 - they use a
different
file system.

NTFS/FAT32 is only a Hard disk file system format.

"Wesley Vogel" wrote in message
...
Just because the drive on your 98 machine is formatted FAT32
and
the XP machine may be formatted NTFS, it doesn't mean that
you
can't transfer files
between the two machines.

--
Hope this helps. Let us know.

Wes
MS-MVP Windows Shell/User

In ,
Lavert hunted and pecked:
Thanks to all who responded. I have two computers one with
Win XP
Home Edition and the other Win98SE. I now know what I need
to
know. Thanks again.

--
Lavert Y Bryant
Powder Springs GA

"Wesley Vogel" wrote in message
...
No.

You need Windows NT, Windows 2000, Windows XP or Windows
2003.

And it's NTFS. NT File System.

--
Hope this helps. Let us know.

Wes
MS-MVP Windows Shell/User

In t,
Lavert hunted and pecked:
Can you convert FAT 32 files to NFTS using Win98 SE?

--
Lavert Y Bryant
Powder Springs GA

In ,
Wesley Vogel typed:

Gotch, Ken, should've used the word generally.


No problem, Wes, I just wanted to add a (minor, as I said)
clarification.

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Ken Blake - Microsoft MVP Windows: Shell/User
Please reply to the newsgroup


In ,
Ken Blake hunted and pecked:
In ,
Wesley Vogel typed:

The File system for 3½" floppies is FAT12.



Generally true, but let me make a minor addition, if I may:

Any disk under 16MB, whether a floppy (of any size) or a hard
drive, will be formatted as FAT12. So all standard floppies,
whether 3½" or 5¼", are FAT12.

But, although they aren't common these days, the LS120 and
LS240
floppies (also called "superdisks") hold 120MB and 240MB
respectively, and they use FAT16, not FAT12.

--
Ken Blake - Microsoft MVP Windows: Shell/User
Please reply to the newsgroup



In
,
Andrew Murray hunted and
pecked:
Correct...you can still copy files to cd or zip or floppy or
usb
drive and copy them over to the other system; the removeable
storeage devices aren't limited by NTFS/FAT32 - they use a
different
file system.

NTFS/FAT32 is only a Hard disk file system format.

"Wesley Vogel" wrote in message
...
Just because the drive on your 98 machine is formatted
FAT32
and
the XP machine may be formatted NTFS, it doesn't mean that
you
can't transfer files
between the two machines.

--
Hope this helps. Let us know.

Wes
MS-MVP Windows Shell/User

In ,
Lavert hunted and pecked:
Thanks to all who responded. I have two computers one
with
Win XP
Home Edition and the other Win98SE. I now know what I
need
to
know. Thanks again.

--
Lavert Y Bryant
Powder Springs GA

"Wesley Vogel" wrote in message
...
No.

You need Windows NT, Windows 2000, Windows XP or Windows
2003.

And it's NTFS. NT File System.

--
Hope this helps. Let us know.

Wes
MS-MVP Windows Shell/User

In t,
Lavert hunted and pecked:
Can you convert FAT 32 files to NFTS using Win98 SE?

--
Lavert Y Bryant
Powder Springs GA