Hello JAY.

07 Dec 03 21:09, you wrote to ROY J. TELLASON:

 RJT>> I seem to recall some discussion in here a while back regarding
 RJT>> some version or other of windoze that makes it *real* much of a
 RJT>> PITA to try and do anything else with the HD afterwards,  like
 RJT>> maybe install something else...

 RJT>> I can't recall the particulars,  though.  Can you guys refresh my
 RJT>> memory on this issue?

 JE> If you install XP or 2000 and use the NTFS file system rather than the
 JE> older 98 or earlier file system (FAT32) it is a pain to revert back to
 JE> FAT32.

Had to put a friends HDD in my Linux box for that reason, delete the 
partions, then it was usable again. :-(( A real PITA.

Russell

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