Can I change drive to Fat32?

[Guest mini_pony@whinney.com]

I got Win2k installed on a computer I bought and it's licensed to me.

However I did not get an install disk. I initially did not want to

use 2K and I plugged in my harddrive with Windows98se installed on it.

Ever since I have been swapping hard drives. I want to set up my

system as a dual boot for Win98 and Win2K. But I want ALL drives to

be accessible from Dos. Therefore I want to change the 2K drive to

Fat32. I have Partition Magic which will make the change, but will

doing this cause problems with Win2k working? Its currently set to

NTFS. I dont have the install CD so I cant risk it. Howver, before I

do it, I intend to use Partition Magic to clone the whole drive to

another spare drive.

[Guest Pegasus \(MVP\)]

Re: Can I change drive to Fat32?

 

 

<mini_pony@whinney.com> wrote in message

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>I got Win2k installed on a computer I bought and it's licensed to me.

> However I did not get an install disk. I initially did not want to

> use 2K and I plugged in my harddrive with Windows98se installed on it.

> Ever since I have been swapping hard drives. I want to set up my

> system as a dual boot for Win98 and Win2K. But I want ALL drives to

> be accessible from Dos. Therefore I want to change the 2K drive to

> Fat32. I have Partition Magic which will make the change, but will

> doing this cause problems with Win2k working? Its currently set to

> NTFS. I dont have the install CD so I cant risk it. Howver, before I

> do it, I intend to use Partition Magic to clone the whole drive to

> another spare drive.

 

Win2000 will work happily with FAT32.

[Guest George Hester]

Re: Can I change drive to Fat32?

 

No using Partition Magic to go back to FAT32 will work just fine. Windows

2000 will be a little confused when you fire it up because it will lose its

ability to secure the files and folders but a confused op sys is better than

a broken one. And no it won't be broke. Just confused. But will still work.

 

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George Hester

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<mini_pony@whinney.com> wrote in message

news:8r5hn3pv6nhq7mgig0oc8l7c7c30741ds8@4ax.com...

> I got Win2k installed on a computer I bought and it's licensed to me.

> However I did not get an install disk. I initially did not want to

> use 2K and I plugged in my harddrive with Windows98se installed on it.

> Ever since I have been swapping hard drives. I want to set up my

> system as a dual boot for Win98 and Win2K. But I want ALL drives to

> be accessible from Dos. Therefore I want to change the 2K drive to

> Fat32. I have Partition Magic which will make the change, but will

> doing this cause problems with Win2k working? Its currently set to

> NTFS. I dont have the install CD so I cant risk it. Howver, before I

> do it, I intend to use Partition Magic to clone the whole drive to

> another spare drive.