Why Did I Keep My Win XP C: Drive at FAT32??
This is a discussion about Why Did I Keep My Win XP C: Drive at FAT32?? in the Everything New Technology category; I'm brain dead. When I upgraded to XP a few years ago, I kept my C: drive at FAT32, but converted my D: to NTFS. I converted D: so I could exceed the 4G file limit for video captures. I know I kept C: wit FAT32 for a very specific reason, which for the life of me I can't remember now.
I'm brain dead. When I upgraded to XP a few years ago, I kept my C: drive at FAT32, but converted my D: to NTFS. I converted D: so I could exceed the 4G file limit for video captures. I know I kept C: wit FAT32 for a very specific reason, which for the life of me I can't remember now. I think it had something do do with not being able to access NTFS after booting with a DOS disk or something like that. Can anyone help me understand what possible reason I would have had to keep C: at FAT32 with XP?
Any help for my memory lapse would be greatly appreciated.
Dave
Any help for my memory lapse would be greatly appreciated.
Dave
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Dunno...
1. Dual-boot with DOS/9x
2. Access FAT32 partition with standard DOS disk.
3. Greater fragmentation and increased risk of data corruption.
4. Your crazy?
Do a start/run/cmd.exe
Convert /?
convert /FS:NTFS C:
Haven't used convert since Windows 2000 (back then it would use 512byte cluster size) but I think it only happens occasionally in Windows XP and since your video files are on D: then it's not that big of a deal if it does.
1. Dual-boot with DOS/9x
2. Access FAT32 partition with standard DOS disk.
3. Greater fragmentation and increased risk of data corruption.
4. Your crazy?
Do a start/run/cmd.exe
Convert /?
convert /FS:NTFS C:
Haven't used convert since Windows 2000 (back then it would use 512byte cluster size) but I think it only happens occasionally in Windows XP and since your video files are on D: then it's not that big of a deal if it does.
OP
Thanks, dosfreak. I think it had to do with accessing the FAT32 partition with a standard DOS disk. My daughter still has some of those old games on the PC, and may don't run under Windows XP - have to boot from the DOS disk. But #4 is probably right too. I'm a little nuts.
Thanks again.
Thanks again.
