Re: NT File System

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From: BC (A_Droit_at_hotmail.com)
Date: 05/07/04 

Date: Fri, 7 May 2004 03:44:21 -0500

Yes. Ntfs refers to the formatting of the drive, not the content of the
files. The only access issue I can tink of RE Ntfs is that if you use a
non-nt based OS you won't be able to read Ntfs partitions.
"JohnW" <anonymous@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:9a9101c4340e$0948f7e0$a601280a@phx.gbl...
> If I work on a computer with a NT File System under
> Windows XP and save a file (in any application) on a 1.4Mb
> floppy, a 100Mb Zip or a CD will I still be able to read
> and manipulate the file using another computer running
> Win98SE and subsequently transfer the same file back to
> the NTFS Windows XP machine?
> Thanks in anticipation.

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