Re: NT File System

From: David B. (NoMail_at_NOSPAM.net)
Date: 05/07/04 

Date: Fri, 7 May 2004 08:30:36 -0400

A clearer answer is, yes you will. NTFS refers to the file system of a hard drive, no matter what type of system you put a floppy in
it's file system remains constant. A floppy formatted on an XP system is the same as one formatted on a 98 system, the files
themselves are unaffected by the file system. 

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"BC" <A_Droit@hotmail.com> wrote in message news:uxS9%239ANEHA.892@TK2MSFTNGP09.phx.gbl...
> 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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