Cloning NTFS & FAT32

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For the Windows 2000 computer, Drive C will be NTFS. Drive D will be FAT32.

Cloning will overwrite anything on a drive. I know I can clone an NTFS drive
to/from an NTFS drive and a FAT32 drive to/from a FAT32 drive.

Can I clone an NTFS drive to/from a FAT32 drive or must the FAT32 backup
drive first be formatted at NTFS? Backup hard drives are FAT32. If any of the
backup hard drives need to be NTFS, please tell me.

YES/NO - Back up Drive C (NTFS) on NTFS PC to a FAT32 backup drive.
YES/NO - Restore Drive C (NTFS) on NTFS PC from a FAT32 backup drive.
YES/NO - Back up Drive D (FAT32) on NTFS PC to a FAT32 backup drive.
YES/NO - Restore Drive D (FAT32) on NTFS PC from a FAT32 backup drive.
 
SeaSpeeder said:
For the Windows 2000 computer, Drive C will be NTFS. Drive D will be FAT32.

Cloning will overwrite anything on a drive. I know I can clone an NTFS drive
to/from an NTFS drive and a FAT32 drive to/from a FAT32 drive.

Can I clone an NTFS drive to/from a FAT32 drive or must the FAT32 backup
drive first be formatted at NTFS? Backup hard drives are FAT32. If any of the
backup hard drives need to be NTFS, please tell me.

YES/NO - Back up Drive C (NTFS) on NTFS PC to a FAT32 backup drive.
YES/NO - Restore Drive C (NTFS) on NTFS PC from a FAT32 backup drive.
YES/NO - Back up Drive D (FAT32) on NTFS PC to a FAT32 backup drive.
YES/NO - Restore Drive D (FAT32) on NTFS PC from a FAT32 backup drive.

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CURRENT 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.
PLANNED SYSTEM: Windows 2000 Pro, Pentium 4, not sure what hardware yet.
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True cloning programs will handle FAT or NTFS partitions. If they
have the ability to replace an existing partition then the type of that
partition is irrelevant.
 
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