Re: FAT to NTFS conversion

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From: MSN (stm_at_xinhuanet.com)
Date: 11/08/04 

Date: Mon, 8 Nov 2004 12:53:36 +0800

Very good example you said. Can I put in this way:
You have different size containers A (NTFS) and B (FAT32). So no matter
WHERE the water (data) from or WHAT kind of water (data), it will goes
according to different shade of container; yet the quality of water (data)
still the same. Can I interpret in this way?

I have another worry: Between NTFS and FAT32 format in my Disk C and D.
Meaning my XP is running in NTFS, my data is saved in FAT32 Disk D.

Is safe to maintain in this way? Base to your concept, that should be fine.
Then how if I have a data file which saved in both C and D disks. Is there
any problem for editing and save afterward? Will the file (data) will be
saved to different format to C and D in NTFS and FAT32 again?

The extra question is: further more if I save it in a floppy disk (consider
as C container). In all cases, will there any problem later I open this data
file in my system? How if I take the floppy disk to someone who runs W98?

Thank you for sharing your experience.

Chong
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> No. It's the *data* in the files which is transferred over the
> network, not the file systems in which they are stored. You can
> transmit files stored in *any* file system over a network without
> a problem. The CD is neither NTFS nor FAT32, but even if you were
> transferring files from a FAT32 HD to an NTFS one (or vice versa)
> there would be no problem.
>
> Think of downloading files over the internet (which is a
> network). You have no idea what file system is used at the other
> end, but you nevertheless have no problems with the files you
> download.
>
> --
> Ken Blake - Microsoft MVP Windows: Shell/User
> Please reply to the newsgroup
>
> Think of
>
>
"Ken Blake" <kblake@this.is.an.invalid.domain> wrote in message
news:OobVf4FwEHA.824@TK2MSFTNGP11.phx.gbl...
> In news:c2ado01nsso0rvgrc8k867qdk60ripb72o@4ax.com,
> Paul Ferguson <Paul@PaulFerguson.us> typed:
>
> >I want to make some backup CDs of my laptop's C partition using
> >Ghost from Norton Systemworks 2003.
> >
> > The laptop is running W98 and using a FAT32 file system. I do
> > not have a CD burner on the laptop, only a reader. I have created the
> > Ghost backup files on my laptop's D partition.
> >
> > My plan is to transfer these Ghost image files over my network
> > to my XP desktop system. Its file system is NTFS. I can burn the CDs
> > from the desktop.
> >
> > Will I have a problem using the CDs in Ghost on the laptop
> > because of the difference in file systems (FAT32 vs NTFS) ?
>

"Fugazi" <Fugazi@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:33707EFF-F8FE-4000-9C49-3AE926166265@microsoft.com...
> When converting from FAT or Fat32 to NTFS will a reformat occur or will
all
> of my data on the computer be safe?
>

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