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Jay Reyd wrote:
> The tut. talks about volume labels but no real good explanation, can you give
> me one in non computer terms?
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> "LymanAlpha" wrote:
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>>On 3/20/2005 4:59 PM Jay Reyd brightened our day with:
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>>>I guess I will clarify, I need to extract files that are greater than 4GB.
>>>Fat32 won't let me do this. I would rather not convert b/c I'm not that techy
>>>to troubleshoot after but would like to extract theses files. Is there any
>>>way I can do this without converting my whole 'C drive?
>>>
>>>"Jay Reyd" wrote:
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>>>>I'm running XP with 2 users, if I convert to NTFS will I 1. lose all my
>>>>previous docs. etc. 2. will it convert both users or just my settings and 3.
>>>>what risks am I taking by doing this?
>>>>
>>>>Thanks
>>>>
>>>>
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>>Just follow whatever instructions you find. You convert disc volumes
>>not users, so you'll be converting both users. It's painless and no
>>real risk involved, just takes a bit of time. Once its done you
>>probably won't even notice any difference, everything will be just as it
>>was you won't have to reinstall anything, you'll just be using NTFS.
>>I did a convert on two of my partitions a couple of years ago, they've
>>been fine every since.
>>
>>--
>>Steve ¤»Inglo«¤
>>www.inglostadt.com
The term "volume" is just another term for partition, which is often
just your C drive or another drive. If you have not partitioned your
hard disk then C is the volume that contains your operating system. If
you have more than 1 hard disk then it (they) would be other volumes.
Think of them as books of a series. The primary hard disk, C drive, is
volume 1, the 2nd hard disk, call it F, is volume 2, etc.
Norm
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