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NTFS and FAT32
Name: Luís Date: November 13, 2001 at 14:01:54 Pacific
Comment:
I have Windows XP Professional installed in 2 diferent disks (one is 18G and the other is 13G), in one disk I have a FAT32 (DRIVE C) and in the other disk I have NTFS(DRIVE D) and everything is working fine in both disks. Now here is the problem, I can view, modify and delete files that are in the NTFS disk using the windows installed in the FAT32 how can this be possible? Isn't this a security issue?
Name: dan Date: November 13, 2001 at 14:32:01 Pacific
Reply:
XP and 2000 can read both NTFS and FAT32
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Response Number 2
Name: D.Trinh Date: November 14, 2001 at 00:32:58 Pacific
Reply:
But if you want you can convert the FAT32 drive by going into the command prompt and switch over to drive c: (type in c:) and then type
convert c: /f:ntfs
and it'll convert it to ntfs. i swear my xp runs faster now.
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Response Number 3
Name: Scanstar Date: November 16, 2001 at 21:00:53 Pacific
Reply:
Windows Xp is built on win 2k technology which was built on Nt4 technology. Unless you plan on dual booting from the same Hard drive you need to use ntfs instead of fat 32 xp likes it better and you will notice it run smoother and some faster. Enjoy.
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