Re: FAT32/NTFS

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If the AutoTech is the vehicle diagnostic/repair program, it will run on XP.

"Stan Brown" <the_stan_brown@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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> On Sat, 9 Jul 2005 16:38:01 -0700, "AnthonyMB1"
> <AnthonyMB1@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
>>I have a program called AUTOTECH. I have the CD, wich would not open up
>>SeTUP. I contacted the company and they sent me a link to download the
>>program. I saved to my desktop. It too, will not open setup. I have tried
>>all
>>of the COMPATIBILITY Settings, nothing has worked. I am thinking of
>>clearing
>>my Harddrive and installing Win98SE and XP PRO SP2, would that help me
>>with
>>my older programs ? and If so, how do I remove/ clear out XP ? Thanks for
>>the
>>help.
>
> This smacks of burning down the house because you have ants.
>
> First, I don't know what AUTOTECH is but unless it's some sort of
> disk maintenance utility the odds are enormous that it wouldn't know
> nor care whether it's on an NTFS or FAT32 file system. (And if it
> _is_ a disk maintenance utility written for an earlier system, don't
> use it on XP.)
>
> Second, when you say you tried "all of the COMPATIBILITY settings",
> even when I ignore the shouting that smacks of panic. What did you
> try, systematically?
>
> Finally (and this is the clincher), if the CD won't even run then
> you can be 100% certain it's not a file-system issue. What error
> message, exactly, id you get when you tried running the CD?
>
>
>
> --
> Stan Brown, Oak Road Systems, Tompkins County, New York, USA
> http://OakRoadSystems.com/
> "My theory was a perfectly good one. The facts were misleading."
> -- /The Lady Vanishes/ (1938)


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