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Hard Drive Format--Fat 32 vs NTFS

Discussion in 'PC Hardware' started by davott, 2003/12/31.

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  1. 2003/12/31
    davott

    davott Inactive Thread Starter

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    My new WD 120 USB h/d install manual says it is preformatted as Fat 32. During installation, however, it somehow got reformatted as NTFS. My boot disk drive is Fat 32. Am I in for any problems here? Using XP (Home).
     
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  2. 2004/01/01
    PeteC

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    Basically - No

    Windows XP supports NTFS, FAT32 and FAT file systems. The only potential problem that could arise is that you cannot access NTFS from MS-DOS, Win 95 thru' Me or NT 4

    For more info see Help & Support - NTFS
     
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