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Quick (& probably simple) NT4 query

  • 06-11-2000 12:48pm
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    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 12,309 ✭✭✭✭


    Can anyone tell me what utility is required to read a FAT32 hard drive or partition in NT4 (on the same machine). I'm told in this newsgroup thread that NT4 (any SP) cannot read FAT32 drives on its own... anyone know any better? ... or anyone know what program can be used to get around this failing?

    Slán

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Comments

  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 12,309 ✭✭✭✭Bard


    Well it's mentioned in that newsgroup thread that it's possible to install certain software that will enable NT4 to read a FAT32 drive. If anyone here knows of such software, I'd like to know about it...

    Personally I'd rather leave the drives in my machine at FAT32 simply because of the benefits there are in using that FAT system, and because of the awkwardness in converting to FAT16 or NTFS. I'd like to have the option of using NT instead of just '98 in accessing these drives though. Obviously (?) I'd be setting my boot drive as FAT16 and leaving my second, 6GB drive as is at FAT32.

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    [This message has been edited by Bard (edited 06-11-2000).]


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 450 ✭✭Chief


    http://www.sysinternals.com/fat32.htm

    wink.gif and im sure it can be found on the web somewhere..



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  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 21,264 ✭✭✭✭Hobbes


    Do a search in this forum. This question has been asked before.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 450 ✭✭Chief


    Bard man.. drop me an e-mail *NoW*!...



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  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 432 ✭✭Catch_22


    the gadget your looking for is called ntfsdos as and to where you get it i dunno but if you look it up you should find it sumwhere.

    c22


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  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 12,309 ✭✭✭✭Bard


    Originally posted by Chief:
    Bard man.. drop me an e-mail *NoW*!...

    Erm... why??

    I did, by the way.


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  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 450 ✭✭Chief


    Well cuz in about 4 mins or so you should be SORTED smile.gif



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  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 12,309 ✭✭✭✭Bard


    Thanks for that Chief!


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 450 ✭✭Chief


    No Problem man smile.gif



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  • Closed Accounts Posts: 577 ✭✭✭Chubby


    NT4 will read a normal FAT partition so you might wanna convert the FAT32 partition into FAT or NTFS if all else fails.


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