Hi, DP.
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At the risk of being geeky, nitpicky and off-topic,
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Geeky, nitpicky and off-topic are allowed. ;<} At least, I hope so,
because I do a lot of those myself.
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how the other two drives are formatted. If I don'ty format them for Windows, they will not be accessible to Windows. They may be "neutral," but they won't be of use to Windows.
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Don't confuse the operating system with the file system.
You don't format them "for Windows". Just format them NTFS. Then WinXP or
Vista (or Linux?) can use them.
It's true that MS-DOS can't read NTFS, of course, and Win95 can't even
handle FAT32 without SP help. But I run nothing but WinXP and Vista, so
that doesn't concern me. I know nothing of Linux or the Mac, but any
OPERATING system that can read NTFS (the New Technology FILE System) can
read my Drive E:
On my computer, there are currently TEN installations of WinXP and Vista.
NONE of them keep their "boot folder" (\Windows) in Drive E:. But all of
them can and do read and use applications and data that reside on Drive E:,
which is formatted NTFS.
So far as my operating systems are concerned, Drive E: is a "neutral" (my
term, remember) drive, formatted as NTFS.
RC
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San Marcos, TX
(Retired. No longer licensed to practice public accounting.)
rc@grandecom.net
Microsoft Windows MVP
(Currently running Vista x86 build 5744 RC2)
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Hi, DotCom. My Drive E: is simply an ordinary volume that is "neutral" (my term). That is, there is no Windows, Vista or any other operating system installed on E:.
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At the risk of being geeky, nitpicky and off-topic, I'd say you're not necessarily correct. The OS does have some impact on your drive and its accessibility. For one thing, if you use the NTFS file system, it's probably not going to work with an earlier version of Windows, like W95, that might use the FAT 16 or FAT32 file system. And you may not be able to see those files using DOS. Not that you would want to; I'm just pointing out that operating systems DO have an effect on your drive and whether or not it can be read by other operating systems. I don't know much about Linux, but I don't think Linux can read something from a "Windows drive," make changes to the file, save it back to the same drive and then have that file readable from Windows. (There are programs that lets Linux run Windows programs, but that's a different matter.) Anyway, to keep this off-topic item short, I just wanted to point out that I don't think it's possible for a drive to be neutral. The operating system doesnt have to be stored on that drive to have an effect on it. For example, I may have a computer with three hard drives but only one operating system (let's say Windows). Windows is only going to be installed on one drive. But Windows will still be the primary controlling factor in how the other two drives are formatted. If I don'ty format them for Windows, they will not be accessible to Windows. They may be "neutral," but they won't be of use to Windows.
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