RE: NTFS and FAT32 drives

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From: Peter (Peter_at_discussions.microsoft.com)
Date: 11/01/04 

Date: Mon, 1 Nov 2004 00:19:06 -0800

Hi,

Yes, XP can read NTFS and FAT 32 formatted drives.
Make sure the slave drive is jumpered slave / cable select and connected
correctly with the 80 wired 40 Pin shielded IDE cable.
You may need to go to disk management and initialize drive/assign drive
letter so that you can see the drive contents.

Peter

"John Johnson" wrote:

> Xp Pro SP2
> NTFS file system.
> MSI 865 MB.
>
> I tried to put in a couple older drives to check on whats in them.
> They are FAT32 drives.
> My computer hung from the get go on them. Booting up took for ever
> and it didn't recognize them at all.
>
> I seem to remember on XP being able to read and copy to FAT 32
> drives.
>

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