Re: Sorry to have to ask this.



Mike Hall (MS-MVP) wrote:
John

The file system on a CD is CDFS

I thought it was ISO 9600, or does that just refer to the file naming system?


which can be read by other OS'es.. XP can read NTFS, CDFS, FAT32, FAT16, FAT12, so there is no incompatibility backwards.. problems arise only when coming from the other direction which you should not need to do.. there may be a desire, but there is no real need..

Mike, the instance I was refering to is when I have to transfer anti-malware setup files that I've downloaded onto somebody else's computer that's so far gone that I dare not hook it to the internet.


You will not regret moving to XP..

We shall see. If it goes anything like the time I upgraded to W95 from 3.11, then the whole neighborhood will be hearing me as I tear my hair out. The wall of black evil and hatred coming from my house will terrify passersby.


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Regards from John Corliss
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