Win9x will not see NTFS drives, that is true.
Win2k however doesn't give a damn what the partitioning of the drive
it is on is. I have run 2k on NTFS and it sees FAT32 just fine. I
have run 2K on FAT32 and it sees NTFS just fine.
HOWEVER, Win2K will NOT format a drive over 32gig as FAT32.
If you want to format a large FAT32 drive from Win98 or with a Win98
boot disk, 2K will read and write to it, access it, use it just fine.
It will not however MAKE it FAT32 if it is over 32gig.
It is a 2K limitation that may have been addressed in subsequent
service packs; don't know.
The statements "FAT32 will not see NTFS hard drives but NTFS will see
FAT32." is wrong. A FAT32 drive is not seeing anything in the first
place; Windows is. What the drive is formatted to does not matter;
what OS you are running does.
"FAT32 (Windows 9x) WILL NOT see the NTFS" is.... twisted.
A FAT32 drive with 2K running on it will see FAT32 AND NTFS.
An NTFS drive with 2K running on it will see FAT32 and NTFS.
Windows 9x will not see an NTFS drive nor access it with the possible
execption of thru a 3rd party utility.
You formatted your NTFS disk back to FAT32 because your 98 would not
see it. When I dual booted I ran 8 or 9 drives. Some were still
FAT32 and some were NTFS. Booting to 98 would not let me see all the
drives, ie. those partitioned with NTFS. It is a limitation of WIN98
NOT of the FAT32 partitioning.
If you have a drive formatted as FAT32 and another formatted with NTFS, the
FAT32 (Windows 9x) WILL NOT see the NTFS. I know because I did it. That is
why I reformatted the NTFS back to FAT32.
Overlord said:
Say what?!
Win2K is what does and does not see a drive.
If you're running 2K, format the drive with whatever you want and
it'll see it; FAT32 or NTFS.
CAUTION! Donnietr, you do not say if you are running w2k as NTFS or FAT32.
If you format as NTFS, FAT32 WILL NOT see the HD. If your primary HD is
NTFS, then that would work.
FAT32 will not see NTFS hard drives but NTFS will see FAT32.
Wayne B
-----Original Message-----
I just purchased an external USB Hard Drive to store my
pictures and music on.
I need to know how to format. I want to keep it as
simple
as possible, but I do not know what choices to make in
the
formating section.
Can anyone help?
.
hi,
Just set it for ntfs and go.
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