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Can you go from NTFS to Fat32
Name: Paul Date: December 31, 1999 at 04:37:38 Pacific
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Can you go from NTFS to Fat32? I would like to change back to be able to put back Win98 and I want to be able to keep my files and folders in Win98. Also how do you Uninstall Windows 2000, if and when you change over to Fat32??? Please Help
Summary: yeah...you can drag and drop..but you'll lose all the permissions and 'extended attributes'..like compression and encryption you don't have to worry about these things, Windows will auto do it for you...
Summary: While it is true that you cannot go from NTFS to FAT32 from WITHIN windows, you DEFINITELY can use a third party product to perform this and still have your data, BUT you will lose all permissions and...
Summary: Does C: drive have the system file if so. You can't convert from NTFS to Fat32. You will need to reformat drive to Fat32 and reinstall W2K plus do not convert to NTFS keep it at Fat32. Good Luck. ...
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