Re: NTFS -> FAT32

On Tue, 24 Oct 2006 12:09:07 -0500, "R. C. White, MVP"
<rc@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

if that volume is larger than 32 GB, then DM cannot format it as
FAT32. This is a limitation imposed by Microsoft to encourage us to retire
FAT(x) and migrate to NTFS.

Assholes.

If you have a 100 GB volume formatted as FAT32 by some other operating
system (such as Win98), then Win2K will happily use the whole thing.

For details, see the Win2K Resource Kit online:
http://www.microsoft.com/technet/prodtechnol/windows2000serv/reskit/default.mspx?mfr=true

and navigate to:
Windows 2000 Resource Kit > Windows 2000 Professional Resource Kit > System
Configuration and Management > File Systems > File System Comparisons

I just discovered, not having dealt with FAT32 in NT, that there is a
4 GB limitation to file size. I can't deal with that because I work
with video files and my apps can create working files that are way
larger than that. So I converted back to NTFS. Someone on another
forum suggested that the corrupt NTFS filesystem problem that prompted
me to convert to FAT32 might go away if I convert the FAT32 system I
just made back to NTFS. I will know in a couple of days if it will
work.

The Win2K installation I am using dates back 10 years to the time I
installed NT4. I migrated that installation to a couple newer
computers using the InPlace Upgrade facility of Windows. So the
current installation has been around a long time for a Windows
operating system.

Someone on another forum claimed that I can clean things up by doing
these steps:

1) Make a clean Win2K installation.

2) Export the Registry keys for all my applications and import them
into the Registry for the new installation.

3) Copy over all my applications as they are on disk. No need to
reinstall them.

4) Copy profiles, Start Menu entries, etc.

I can do everything in that list but #2. I have nearly 100 installed
apps and it would be a nightmare trying to find all the references in
the Registry. Is there someway to make this happen easily?


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