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From: "Annette Rascoe" <>
Subject: [VIRUS] Fat32 HD to a NTFS HD.
Date: Mon, 9 Sep 2002 07:45:53 -0500
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Shakey, would you please tell us what would be the advantage to converting
from FAT32 HD to NTFS HD?

Thanks, Annette

----- Original Message -----
From: "Robert W Fay" <>
To: <>
Sent: Monday, September 09, 2002 7:37 AM
Subject: Re: [VIRUS] Kerio Firewall/Restore worked for me


On 8 Sep 2002 at 21:29, Jackson wrote:
> Either can have the NTFS file system. Most of us have come up through
> Win98 etc. where we picked up the Fat32 system, which lets us use the
> large hard drives. When you convert to, or buy a start from scratch
> version of WinXP, and start to install it, it will ask you if you want
> to convert your Fat32 HD to a NTFS HD.

Thanks Jack,

But for those of us that bought computers with XP already installed,
there was no option. Is there an easy way to tell which file system a
computer that is already set up, has?

Thanks,
Bob




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