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WinXP Pro & Win9x/Me (peer-to-peer network)
WinXP Pro & Win9x/Me (peer-to-peer network)
11/29/04 10:21 AM PST SeaSpeeder Existing peer-to-peer network consists of the following: Desktop 1: Windows Me (This will become Windows XP Pro) Desktop 2: Windows Me Laptop 1: Windows 98SE Laptop 2: Windows 95a Please answer YES or NO for each question. Feel free to add comments. The plan is for the new Windows XP Pro PC is to have Drive C (operating system & installed apps) to be NTFS and Drive D (my existing data & downloaded files) to remain as FAT32. Currently using Windows ME, and both drives are FAT32. Drive D is source location for data, drivers and downloaded programs. When I install them, they're installed to Drive C, destination drive. I need to take Drive D out of WinMe computer and put it in WinXP Pro computer. Drive C will be reformatted as NTFS during Windows XP installation. Only Drive C will be NTFS. Drive D remains FAT32. I have to use XP Pro rather than XP Home due to the Windows 95 computer on the network. YES/NO -- I can connect my Windows XP Pro (Drive C: NTFS, Drive D: FAT32) PC to Windows 95/98/ME (FAT32) PCs to share files and printers. YES/NO -- I will not have problems reading the FAT32 PCs from my NTFS PC. YES/NO -- I will not have problems reading the NTFS PC from my FAT32 PCs. YES/NO -- The FAT32 PCs can read any drive on my NTFS PC regardless of file system used. YES/NO -- The FAT32 PCs can read only the NTFS C Drive on my NTFS PC YES/NO -- The FAT32 PCs can read only the FAT32 D Drive on my NTFS PC YES/NO -- The FAT32 PCs cannot read any drive on my NTFS PC YES/NO -- Files on my NTFS PC can be transferred to the FAT32 PCs YES/NO -- Files on the FAT32 PCs can be transferred to the NTFS PCs -- SYSTEM: Windows Me, IE 5.5, 384MB SDRAM PC100/133, DFI PA61 PII Mainboard, Katmai 550MHz Pentium III CPU, Dial-up & DSL Modems. Ethernet Network connected to Win95a, Win98SE, and WinMe machines. |
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WinXP Pro & Win9x/Me (peer-to-peer network)
short answer...yes , yes ,yes ,yes ,no ,no , yes ,yes :
win9x will not see a NTFS drive locally(without 3rd party software) but over a network it does not matter (i have a mix of win9x,XP,NT40) transferring files and sharing is no problem "SeaSpeeder" wrote in message ... WinXP Pro & Win9x/Me (peer-to-peer network) 11/29/04 10:21 AM PST SeaSpeeder Existing peer-to-peer network consists of the following: Desktop 1: Windows Me (This will become Windows XP Pro) Desktop 2: Windows Me Laptop 1: Windows 98SE Laptop 2: Windows 95a Please answer YES or NO for each question. Feel free to add comments. The plan is for the new Windows XP Pro PC is to have Drive C (operating system & installed apps) to be NTFS and Drive D (my existing data & downloaded files) to remain as FAT32. Currently using Windows ME, and both drives are FAT32. Drive D is source location for data, drivers and downloaded programs. When I install them, they're installed to Drive C, destination drive. I need to take Drive D out of WinMe computer and put it in WinXP Pro computer. Drive C will be reformatted as NTFS during Windows XP installation. Only Drive C will be NTFS. Drive D remains FAT32. I have to use XP Pro rather than XP Home due to the Windows 95 computer on the network. YES/NO -- I can connect my Windows XP Pro (Drive C: NTFS, Drive D: FAT32) PC to Windows 95/98/ME (FAT32) PCs to share files and printers. YES/NO -- I will not have problems reading the FAT32 PCs from my NTFS PC. YES/NO -- I will not have problems reading the NTFS PC from my FAT32 PCs. YES/NO -- The FAT32 PCs can read any drive on my NTFS PC regardless of file system used. YES/NO -- The FAT32 PCs can read only the NTFS C Drive on my NTFS PC YES/NO -- The FAT32 PCs can read only the FAT32 D Drive on my NTFS PC YES/NO -- The FAT32 PCs cannot read any drive on my NTFS PC YES/NO -- Files on my NTFS PC can be transferred to the FAT32 PCs YES/NO -- Files on the FAT32 PCs can be transferred to the NTFS PCs -- SYSTEM: Windows Me, IE 5.5, 384MB SDRAM PC100/133, DFI PA61 PII Mainboard, Katmai 550MHz Pentium III CPU, Dial-up & DSL Modems. Ethernet Network connected to Win95a, Win98SE, and WinMe machines. |
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WinXP Pro & Win9x/Me (peer-to-peer network)
I asked 9 questions and 8 were answered, but I do not know which 8 since you
missed one. Please tell me which questions are yes and which are no. Thanks. "Haggis" wrote: short answer...yes , yes ,yes ,yes ,no ,no , yes ,yes : win9x will not see a NTFS drive locally(without 3rd party software) but over a network it does not matter (i have a mix of win9x,XP,NT40) transferring files and sharing is no problem "SeaSpeeder" wrote in message ... WinXP Pro & Win9x/Me (peer-to-peer network) 11/29/04 10:21 AM PST SeaSpeeder Existing peer-to-peer network consists of the following: Desktop 1: Windows Me (This will become Windows XP Pro) Desktop 2: Windows Me Laptop 1: Windows 98SE Laptop 2: Windows 95a Please answer YES or NO for each question. Feel free to add comments. The plan is for the new Windows XP Pro PC is to have Drive C (operating system & installed apps) to be NTFS and Drive D (my existing data & downloaded files) to remain as FAT32. Currently using Windows ME, and both drives are FAT32. Drive D is source location for data, drivers and downloaded programs. When I install them, they're installed to Drive C, destination drive. I need to take Drive D out of WinMe computer and put it in WinXP Pro computer. Drive C will be reformatted as NTFS during Windows XP installation. Only Drive C will be NTFS. Drive D remains FAT32. I have to use XP Pro rather than XP Home due to the Windows 95 computer on the network. YES/NO -- I can connect my Windows XP Pro (Drive C: NTFS, Drive D: FAT32) PC to Windows 95/98/ME (FAT32) PCs to share files and printers. YES/NO -- I will not have problems reading the FAT32 PCs from my NTFS PC. YES/NO -- I will not have problems reading the NTFS PC from my FAT32 PCs. YES/NO -- The FAT32 PCs can read any drive on my NTFS PC regardless of file system used. YES/NO -- The FAT32 PCs can read only the NTFS C Drive on my NTFS PC YES/NO -- The FAT32 PCs can read only the FAT32 D Drive on my NTFS PC YES/NO -- The FAT32 PCs cannot read any drive on my NTFS PC YES/NO -- Files on my NTFS PC can be transferred to the FAT32 PCs YES/NO -- Files on the FAT32 PCs can be transferred to the NTFS PCs -- SYSTEM: Windows Me, IE 5.5, 384MB SDRAM PC100/133, DFI PA61 PII Mainboard, Katmai 550MHz Pentium III CPU, Dial-up & DSL Modems. Ethernet Network connected to Win95a, Win98SE, and WinMe machines. |
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WinXP Pro & Win9x/Me (peer-to-peer network)
Greetings SeaSpeeder,
The file system of a shared disk is irrelevant. Every computer know how to read its own disk and make its contents available over the network. NTFS and FAT32 isn't a issue with networking. These restrictions don't apply. This only applies to its own local disk. All versions of Windows can be networked regardless of the file system. _________________ Eric Cross Microsoft MVP (Windows Networking) http://mvp.support.microsoft.com "SeaSpeeder" wrote in message ... I asked 9 questions and 8 were answered, but I do not know which 8 since you missed one. Please tell me which questions are yes and which are no. Thanks. "Haggis" wrote: short answer...yes , yes ,yes ,yes ,no ,no , yes ,yes : win9x will not see a NTFS drive locally(without 3rd party software) but over a network it does not matter (i have a mix of win9x,XP,NT40) transferring files and sharing is no problem "SeaSpeeder" wrote in message ... WinXP Pro & Win9x/Me (peer-to-peer network) 11/29/04 10:21 AM PST SeaSpeeder Existing peer-to-peer network consists of the following: Desktop 1: Windows Me (This will become Windows XP Pro) Desktop 2: Windows Me Laptop 1: Windows 98SE Laptop 2: Windows 95a Please answer YES or NO for each question. Feel free to add comments. The plan is for the new Windows XP Pro PC is to have Drive C (operating system & installed apps) to be NTFS and Drive D (my existing data & downloaded files) to remain as FAT32. Currently using Windows ME, and both drives are FAT32. Drive D is source location for data, drivers and downloaded programs. When I install them, they're installed to Drive C, destination drive. I need to take Drive D out of WinMe computer and put it in WinXP Pro computer. Drive C will be reformatted as NTFS during Windows XP installation. Only Drive C will be NTFS. Drive D remains FAT32. I have to use XP Pro rather than XP Home due to the Windows 95 computer on the network. YES/NO -- I can connect my Windows XP Pro (Drive C: NTFS, Drive D: FAT32) PC to Windows 95/98/ME (FAT32) PCs to share files and printers. YES/NO -- I will not have problems reading the FAT32 PCs from my NTFS PC. YES/NO -- I will not have problems reading the NTFS PC from my FAT32 PCs. YES/NO -- The FAT32 PCs can read any drive on my NTFS PC regardless of file system used. YES/NO -- The FAT32 PCs can read only the NTFS C Drive on my NTFS PC YES/NO -- The FAT32 PCs can read only the FAT32 D Drive on my NTFS PC YES/NO -- The FAT32 PCs cannot read any drive on my NTFS PC YES/NO -- Files on my NTFS PC can be transferred to the FAT32 PCs YES/NO -- Files on the FAT32 PCs can be transferred to the NTFS PCs -- SYSTEM: Windows Me, IE 5.5, 384MB SDRAM PC100/133, DFI PA61 PII Mainboard, Katmai 550MHz Pentium III CPU, Dial-up & DSL Modems. Ethernet Network connected to Win95a, Win98SE, and WinMe machines. |
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