WindowsXP on a FAT File System..?

[Unregistered]

I just realized something on my old comp 800Mhz Athlon with 128 PC 133 ram I installed XP over ME and I didn't reformat the hard drive its still reads FAT...is XP suppose to work in that file system b/c it works on my old comp...

[Archon]

XP will work, NTFS is just a much better file system

[dang]

Yup, XP supports FAT, but like Archon said, NTFS is much better. Plus, XP will only support *new* drive partitions greater then 40gb with NTFS. they do this on purpose to get people to use NTFS because its more stable and secure.

[Archon]

and besides, never make such a drastic OS upgrade, ME>XP isnt the same as 95>98, I definitly suggest you format and get a fresh install, you will find you have a much nicer time.

[Ioman]

Originally posted by dang
Yup, XP supports FAT, but like Archon said, NTFS is much better. Plus, XP will only support *new* drive partitions greater then 40gb with NTFS. they do this on purpose to get people to use NTFS because its more stable and secure.

The fact that Microsoft did this made me pretty angry. You know that external LaCie 40GB pocket drive I have? Well I wanted it to be formatted in fat32 so it would be compatible with any system I took it too. I found out that XP will not format any drive this large, so I have to create 2 20gb partitions. What a pain in the butt.