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NTFS VS. FAT or FAT32
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| 1.When you upgrade from a Win 95 or 98 Fat or Fat32 to Win 2000 NTFS do you lose your data?
2.Can a Win 9x client w/ Fat or Fat32 see a folder or file on Win 2000 Server NTFS or can a Win 2000 Server NTFS see a client file or folders w/ Fat or Fat32.
3.Does Win 2000 support RISC or CISC.
Thank you for your help.
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| I just did that conversion on a test partition. No you don't lose any data. It is just not possible to convert the partition back without reformating it and of course losing data.
Since I changed the partition to NTFS the partition has disappeared for the FAT32 OS (WIN 98) but the NTFS OS (WIN 2000) can access all the partitions (and client data too.)
As to point 3. I don't know yet.
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| As far as I can tell Win2k Pro is i386 based only. This is from the Microsoft MCSE training kit " Pentium Based "
If the server and client are two seperate machines and you are viewing from the network, both machine should "see" the share regardless of what file system. I believe this is where IFS (Installable File System) comes into play.
Also I could very well be wrong as I usually am.
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Originally posted by millertime1:
1.When you upgrade from a Win 95 or 98 Fat or Fat32 to Win 2000 NTFS do you lose your data?
2.Can a Win 9x client w/ Fat or Fat32 see a folder or file on Win 2000 Server NTFS or can a Win 2000 Server NTFS see a client file or folders w/ Fat or Fat32.
3.Does Win 2000 support RISC or CISC.
Thank you for your help.
I asnwered your similar post on my forum at www.mcsefreak.com ... go check it out 
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| You are correct Dentonb2000. You can view a share regardless if it is NTFS from a Windows 9x computer. If you are dual booting Windows 9x with Windows 2000 and it is installed on an NTFS partition, then when you boot into 9x it will not be able to see the 2000 partition. But you can still see the 9x partition in 2000. Just like trebor said.
The DOS command for converting FAT to NTFS is "convert x: /fs:NTFS /v" | |
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| you are actually able to convert an NTFS partition back to fat32 without losing data, if you use a 3rd party partitioning tool like partition magic | |
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Originally posted by Jamesbond_007:
you are actually able to convert an NTFS partition back to fat32 without losing data, if you use a 3rd party partitioning tool like partition magic
True, but please make sure to back up the data first!
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| couldn't agree with you more freak (nice name ). You can never go wrong with as ways backing up your data, it may save your butt one day. |
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