upgrade or install w/LAN ??

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SkipperC

I am looking for advice on whther to do the upgrade
option or new install on my laptop - the other two
computers in my network use NTFS - will there be any
problems with file sharing if I upgrade ? Can I convert
to NTFS with the upgrade or do I need a new install??
 
File sharing should be fine although the NTFS permissions will come into
play.

If all you want to do is convert from FAT->NTFS, just use convert.exe

PS: For a change this large it is advisable to back up anything important.
 
You can share files between FAT32 and NTFS. Howerever NTFS
has many security settings you can implement. Once copied
to a pc with FAT32 these settings are lost. So you dont
need to upgrade to NTFS. NTFS does utilize disk space
better than FAT32 so that may be one reason to upgrade.
 
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