This weekend I hope to upgrade
from ME to XP via a clean install.
My hard disc has 3 partitions, C
operating and D & E for data.
I will delete C, format NTFS
and install XP. However it has just
occured to me that partitions D & E
will still be Fat 32. Is this OK
please or should I change these
partitions to NTFS when I install
XP? I am hoping that I will not
need to alter D & E! Any advice
will be very welcome. Thanks.

Noel A, think you're in luck. XP can see/read either format so it won't care. The reverse isn't true, ME can see/read ONLY FAT32 so it won't work in reverse.
In my experience, the NTSF format is quite a bit more stable so there are some real advantages in using it. I have the setup you describe and it works fine. One drive is NTSF and one's FAT32.
HTH.
Ed in Texas.

Ed, how about NTFS? LOL

Noel, as long as you have enough partition capacity on C, you don't need to change anything on the other two partitions. However, I do recommend that you backup all your data on D and E before doing anything.. Course, you probably already have backups... :)

Noel !!

You can also convert the FAT partitons into ntfs if you so wish after you have the OS loaded, updated and running as you want it..

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Thanks very much for the above helpful replies. I hope to upgrade tomorrow so I am keeping my fingers crossed!