Reformatting NTSF Active Drive to FAT32

I found this site thru google and thought I would ask for help.

I know enough about computers to be dangerous. I will try to use the correct terms, but forgive me if my termonology is slightly off.

This is a 98SE question, but I need to give you some background.

I have a Acomdata spare drive that I successfully partitioned into two NTSF drives (E: and F: ) on a Windows XP computer. The E: drive has no files. The F: drive has files. I am only planning to use these drives to backup files (pictures, word docs, etc).

The E: Drive status is listed as "Healthy (Active) ". The F: Drive is just listed as "Healthy ".

Now, I have a Windows 98SE computer and I would like to backup the files to the Acomdata drive. I loaded the USB2.0 driver, but, when I plug it into the computer, it recognizes the mass storage device, but not the drive letters.

My guess is I need to have one of the drives formatted as a FAT32, rather than NTSF. Since I do not have files on the E: Drive, I was going to reformat that using the XP computer.

When I went to do so, Windows informed me that I would be reformatting the "Active" drive and asked me if I was really sure I wanted to do that.

I am not sure if this is a good thing or a bad thing. Also, I don't want to loose the files on the F: Drive.

1. Any problems with reformatting the drive referred to as "Active "?
2. Any problems if I have my XP computer reformat the E: Drive as FAT 32?
3. Will reformatting the E: Drive as FAT 32 affect the F: Drive (formatted in NTSF) in any way?
4. Will rfeformatting the E: drive as FAT 32 allow me to backup the files on the 98SE computer, or will there be any other problems?

Thanks in advance.