Can I restore data to NTFS which were backed up to FAT32?

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After purchasing a 500GB external HDD recently, I have just created a
full image of my Win XP laptop's 40GB C drive (the only partition it
has). Since the internal HDD is NTFS and the external one is FAT32 I
wonder if I am actually as safe as I had believed to be.

Concretely, I wish to know:

1) In case of system crash can I simply copy the entire image back to
my laptop's internal HDD to re-create the system state at the time of
backup?

2) Will the fact that the storage media have different formats affect
data integrity in any way?

3) Which conversion steps - if any - are necessary to achieve a full
system recovery after copying the image back onto the laptop from the
external drive?


Thanks in advance for your help!

Cheers -

Pat


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