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Do I need to format my 2nd HDD
Name: cbird98765 Date: October 30, 2003 at 09:12:45 Pacific OS: winxp CPU/Ram: amdxp/ 512
Comment:
I just got a new computer with windows xp, and installed my my old hard drive from win98 int the new computer as a slave. do I need to format my old drive or can I leave it as is? Should I transfer all my old files then format the old drive and then transfer them back? thanks for the help
Name: Stuart Date: October 30, 2003 at 09:30:57 Pacific
Reply:
If you want to keep the files on the old disk as they are there is no need to format the disk. The disk will be formatted to Fat32 which is fine for Windows XP.
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