NTFS to FAT32?
Is it possible to convert an NTFS partition to FAT32? I installed XP as NTFS, but now I cannot get any folders shared on my network. Even though I have permissions set to everyone, my other XP computer cannot gain access to the supposedly publically shared folder I made.
Is it possible to convert an NTFS partition to FAT32? I installed XP as NTFS, but now I cannot get any folders shared on my network. Even though I have permissions set to "everyone", my other XP computer cannot gain access to the supposedly publically shared folder I made.
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I believe 'Everyone' still refers to all the users recognized by the machine, so you need to either 1) enable the 'Guest' account or 2) set up the same usernames and passwords on both machines. I don't think changing over the FAT32 will make any difference, but I'm not certain on that point.
-bZj
-bZj
You're quite correct, the client machine doesn't give a damn what file format has been used on the 'server'.
Win98 machines can quite happily log into and read information from Win2k servers - these are formatted in NTFS.
You either need to:
Enable the guest account
or
Create a Username/Password for the other machine to use.
Win98 machines can quite happily log into and read information from Win2k servers - these are formatted in NTFS.
You either need to:
Enable the guest account
or
Create a Username/Password for the other machine to use.
Partition magic is the most unreliable software I have ever used. The only thing I have found it to be useful for is the bootdisk that comes with it for emergency situations. The fact that it says it can convert between ntfs and fat32 then I'd guess over half the time ends up wrecking that partition annoys me. Ive also lost data moving partitions. I dont really blame pm for this because you really shouldnt be moving or changing partitons anyways. Its a complicated process. Everything falls into place nicely. Trying to move it around and change the type is bound to cause problems. I bet even converting from fat32 to ntfs has its own little problems. Planning out your partitions before hand is your best bet.
i have been using partition magic 6 for a while now. i have NEVER lost any data moving and converting paritions. it definitely helped me when formating partitions for linux using the EXT2 format and the like.
