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to: Ellen K
from: Robert Comer
date: 2003-06-19 20:36:28
subject: Re: FAT32 and NTFS on same box?

From: "Robert Comer" 

> Could the fact that we also have Novell (and initially log on to Novell,
then
> to Windows) have anything to do with this?

That shouldn't have anything to do with it.

- Bob Comer


"Ellen K"  wrote in message
news:6094a7.d3967b{at}harborwebs.com...
> Could the fact that we also have Novell (and initially log on to Novell,
then
> to Windows) have anything to do with this?
>
> > From: "Robert Comer" 
> > "That's how we did it."
> > That's a pretty standard response. 
> > There's really not any need to do that anymore unless you dual boot, the
> > Recovery Console gets you by anything that you had to have FAT32 for
before.
> > - Bob Comer
> > "Ellen K."  wrote in message
> > news:3ol2fvgdf4fiqqqot8hd7e7bin71kl89pr{at}4ax.com...
> >> I asked the one helpdesk guy who was still there when I discovered this
> >> why it was FAT32, he said "We put FAT32 on all the
Windows 2000 boxes
in
> >> the beginning."  Me:  "WHY?"  Him: 
"That's how we did it."   
> >>
> >> On Thu, 19 Jun 2003 00:32:05 -0400, "Robert Comer"
> >>  wrote in message
:
> >>
> >> >No problem. (though I'd convert both change your main one
to NTFS if
you
> >> >don't need it fat32 for some reason.)
> >> >
> >> >- Bob Comer
> >> >
> >> >
> >> >"Ellen K"  wrote in message
> >> >news:40948b.d2b56b{at}harborwebs.com...
> >> >> I asked for an additional hard drive and they're installing it
tomorrow
> > in
> >> >the
> >> >> morning before I come in... was just going to send an email
reminding
> > them
> >> >it
> >> >> should be NTFS and decided to check what I have on C
and it's FAT32.
> > (!)
> >> >Can I
> >> >> have NTFS on the other one without creating problems?
> >> >
> >>

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