FAT32 and NTFS

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From: All (nobody_at_home.com)
Date: 10/28/04 

Date: Wed, 27 Oct 2004 20:26:06 -0400

Is it possible to run two hard drives : one FAT32 and another NTFS on the
same computer .

Susanna

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