fat32 and ntfs

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i have 2 harddrives, one partitioned with fat32 and the
other with ntfs, is this safe? if so is it possible to
transfer files from one to the other?
 
drew said:
i have 2 harddrives, one partitioned with fat32 and the
other with ntfs, is this safe? if so is it possible to
transfer files from one to the other?
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Of course -- you can try it in about 10 seconds. The format is
just the way each separate drive stores the data, by the time it
is pulled into memory the drive format is irrelevant.

You can also convert the FAT32 to NTFS safely with "convert D: /fs:NTFS"
(Change D: to actual FAT32 drive.)

The only good reason for keeping the FAT32 is if you dual boot
to Win9x or need to use the drive some way with Win9x.
 
Indeed it is possible.
- Just so you know if you transfer files from any NTFS
drive to a Fat patition you will loose all the
permissions associated to the files/folder.

- Fat does not support file security, the only file
security that is possible is through share security :)

hope thats helps.

Regards,

Apothus
 
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