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Hi. Can XP access a hard drive formated for Win 98?
I'm about to upgrade from a PC running Win 98 SE to a new computer
running XP. My 98 computer has a backup internal hard drive. I'd
like to take this drive and install it as a backup in my XP PC. The
idea is that I'd do this as a way of transferring files on my 98 PC to
the new XP PC.
After I had the 98 hard drive installed in my XP machine, I'd transfer
the files to the XP's main hard drive, and then reformat the 98 drive
to be an XP drive.
However, I'm thinking that XP might not be able to read a disk that
was formatted for 98. But then, maybe it can?
Anyone know?
Thanks,
Ken
Hi. Can XP access a hard drive formated for Win 98?
I'm about to upgrade from a PC running Win 98 SE to a new computer
running XP. My 98 computer has a backup internal hard drive. I'd
like to take this drive and install it as a backup in my XP PC. The
idea is that I'd do this as a way of transferring files on my 98 PC to
the new XP PC.
After I had the 98 hard drive installed in my XP machine, I'd transfer
the files to the XP's main hard drive, and then reformat the 98 drive
to be an XP drive.
However, I'm thinking that XP might not be able to read a disk that
was formatted for 98. But then, maybe it can?
Anyone know?
Thanks,
Ken