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"Hugh Candlin" <No@MeansNo.Com> wrote in message
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> "Haggis" <bingsnapREMOVE@THIShotmail.com> wrote in message
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>> "Tim Slattery" <Slattery_T@bls.gov> wrote in message
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>> > "anyone" <anyone@nowhere.net> wrote:
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>> >>i use windows 95 with service pack 1 (95a). is there a way to use win95
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>> >>access HD formatted with fat 32?
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>> > Win95b (OEM SR2) and later can use FAT32. There's no way to make
>> > earlier editions see a FAT32 partition.
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>> > --
>> > Tim Slattery
>> > MS MVP(DTS)
>> > Slattery_T@bls.gov
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>> you could put it in a win95b or win98 computer and access it through a
>> network
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> If he puts it into a win95b or win 98 computer,
> he won't have to access it through a network.
> He can leave it where it is to do that.
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> win95b and win 98 can read local FAT32 drives just fine.
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> You are getting confused with NTFS
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not really ...i was assuming he wanted the files from the drive copied to
the older OS for some reason(that is why i mentioned the newer os's if he
had another box handy )