No worry - I was just pointing out the separation of the processing in all except some unusual processes
FAT32 goes to 32Gb - (and more if you have 2K - again the Microsoft exception to the Microsoft standard ) However, the only reason I would consider XP or Vista as FAT32 is if I needed to be able to manipulate the data on that partition using older software such as 98, or if I was setting up a partition to dual boot 98 and XP My understanding of Vista is that the boot process/files are different from XP, and I wouldn't want to even consider running Vista and 98 in the same partition. I do structure my systems so that the OS and system management facilities/utilities are on the boot partition; applications software - Office etc on another partition email, comms, and personal files (stuff I typed in) on another and then multimedia things, documentation packs, backup images etc. on another. That means that backup is compartmentalised - my data and email - daily, well, at least weekly backups OS - whenever I do major things to the OS, or new installs Applications - never - I've got the CD's multimedia and backup images - mostly done as separate file groups JimB ----- Original Message ----- From: "Diane Poremsky" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Tuesday, November 07, 2006 4:29 PM Subject: Re: win9x and ntfs... > that's too technicial. :) I'm reviewing a book on vista and the author > said if you have win9x machines on the network and want to share > drives that you had to use fat32 on the vista computer... i wanted to > make sure i was right before i corrected him. He also said you could > install vista on FAT partition - hmmm... my vista install is 15 GB > (includes office, nothing else)... maybe vista super slim. :) > > would the following include using ghost etc to back up/ image drives > over the network? > > On 11/7/06, James Button <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > So the only problems with NTFS on a remote system, and 98 on the local one, > > would be if you started using some software on the 98 system that accessed > > the drives/partitions/files on the remote system directly - > > perhaps something like installing an image of an NTFS partition that is held > > on the local, or a remote system onto a drive on a remote system. > > > -- > Diane Poremsky > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > -- > ---------------------------------------- > To Change your email Address for this list, send the following message: > CHANGE WIN-HOME your_old_address your_new_address > to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Note carefully that both old and new addresses are required. > > -- ---------------------------------------- To Change your email Address for this list, send the following message: CHANGE WIN-HOME your_old_address your_new_address to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Note carefully that both old and new addresses are required.
