At the risk of being called a Windows apologist once again, I will answer
this one.  First off, yes you definitely want to use NTFS.  It is one of the
most advanced file system extant.  You want to stay away from FAT16 and
FAT32 like the plague. You can easily convert from FAT32 to NTFS at XP
install time or later.  You will only do it once and in one direction only,
unless you buy a third party tool such as Partition Magic.


Kind regards,

Denys. . .

Denys Beauchemin
HICOMP
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-----Original Message-----
From: HP-3000 Systems Discussion [mailto:[log in to unmask]]On Behalf Of
Harrington, Don
Sent: Thursday, November 15, 2001 9:31 AM
To: [log in to unmask]
Subject: OT: 98 to XP and FAT32 to NTFS

Gang;

I'm considering going to XP in the near future (after the first of the
year).  Would it make sense to and what are the ramifications of converting
my drive from FAT32 to NTFS?  Would the drive need to be wiped first or is
that something that can be done with a loaded disk?

TIA;
Don Harrington
Sr. Systems Analyst
Facilities Applications Support
Shared Services Group
The Boeing Company
P.O. Box 3707 M/C 6C-AK
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