Re: Sorry to have to ask this.

John

The fact that a file is stored on an NTFS drive does not make it an NTFS
file, any more than a file on a FAT32 file system is a FAT32 file.. file
type is governed by the file extension which is governed by the program
which may or may not run dependant on it being ported to X86..

XP will see NTFS, FAT32, FAT16, FAT12 with no problems at all.. one can
exchange or move files between the file systems..

Any major change to an operating system can be a little fraught.. the
difference this time is that it could go very well, and even if there are
one or two problems, they can be ironed out easily enough..

--
Mike Hall
MVP - Windows Shell/User


"John Corliss" <jcorliss@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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> 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.
>
> --
> Regards from John Corliss


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