[BC] Computer question

[Tom]

Also, Win2K, at least, will load and run from FAT32 disks as well as 
NTFS; I kept my W2K machines on FAT32s so my 98SE machines can 
read/write to the drives over the LAN.  Sure, it's a bit less efficient, 
but I can back up files onto the 98 machines - and share hardware that 
there's no NT-series drivers for... (Win2K, XP, and even VISTA are NT 
versions, after all.  Vista being the "Millennium Edition" of NT, of 
course) in both directions - it also allows the 98 machines to access 
the hardware on the W2K machines....sort of.  I had to play with some 
settings to get it to work right.....

Not sure if having the drives formatted as FAT32 rather than NTFS makes 
it easier to move drives - but I've done it three or four times, now, 
with no problems - so, at least PART of the problem seems to be the NTFS 
on the drive itself..... Or maybe that Windows is just screwy..............

In any event, if the drive's not dead, set the jumper to "slave" and 
install it as the "D" drive (Actually., Windows will do that by default 
- it likes to group drives by type - all the magnetic drives; then all 
the optical drives, etc.)

WBRadiolists at aol.com wrote:
> As others have pointed out, NTFS-based Windows (WIN2K, XP) is *extremely* 
> fussy about what it sees on boot-up. If it doesn't see the *exact same* hardware 
> configuation as it was installed upon, it either blue screens or drops dead 
> completely. (At least 98SE could be coaxed into starting-up on a new system, by 
> letting it install a myriad of drivers.)
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