Re: Sorry to have to ask this.

Mike Hall (MS-MVP) wrote:

> 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..


Well said, but let me add one other point which has possibly been
misunderstood by John below.

Over a network connection, all the issues of what file systems an operating
system can recognize are irrelevant. It's the file itself which is
transferred over the network, not its uinderlying file system.

So a computer running Windows 98 can read a file stored on an NTFS drive on
a Windows XP computer without a problem, if it does so over a network.

If John already understood that, my apologies.

--
Ken Blake - Microsoft MVP Windows: Shell/User
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> "John Corliss" <jcorliss@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
> news:11ph74uih8cpo8f@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>> 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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