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TTZX   07-19-2003 at 03:17:10 AM

Will Windows XP be able to read data from a hard drive which has been pulled from a Win98 PC. I ask this because I heard that Windows XP uses a different filing system rather than FAT32? Is this true?

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Jake_Barnes   07-19-2003 at 03:32:33 AM
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If Win XP is formatted as Fat 32 - same as 98 ...
If it's NTFS, I don't think so.

Anybody - Is this correct?


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Toejam31   07-19-2003 at 06:28:01 AM
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WinXP can read data from any file system associated with Win9x. WinXP can use FAT, FAT32, <i>and</i> NTFS.

The limitation is that <i>Win9x</i> cannot read data off an NTFS partition without third-party tools.

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silverpig   07-19-2003 at 08:05:59 AM
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What toey said.

Short answer: It will work.

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