Can floppy drive format floppy after change HD to NTFS

Posted: 10-18-2003, 10:39 AM
Hi Seniors,

I have XP PRO and use FAT32, computer works fine and
stable but it don't has the file security and compression
features. I want to change from FAT32 to NTFS using
partition magic 8.0.
But someone said that if I change to NTFS, the floppy
drive may not be able to format floppy disk. Is that true?

TIA

Peter
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Tom Lake
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Re: Can floppy drive format floppy after change HD to NTFS
Posted: 10-18-2003, 10:51 AM
> I have XP PRO and use FAT32, computer works fine and
> stable but it don't has the file security and compression
> features. I want to change from FAT32 to NTFS using
> partition magic 8.0.
> But someone said that if I change to NTFS, the floppy
> drive may not be able to format floppy disk. Is that true?
The two are totally unrelated. I have NTFS on all my XP boxes and can
format floppies on them with no problem.

Tom Lake


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Oli Restorick [MVP]
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Re: Can floppy drive format floppy after change HD to NTFS
Posted: 10-18-2003, 04:41 PM
This is not true. Floppies are always formatted with a FAT filesystem.

Also, be aware that you can convert to NTFS by typing "convert c: /fs:ntfs"
at the command prompt.

Regards

Oli


"Peter" <anonymous@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
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> Hi Seniors,
>
> I have XP PRO and use FAT32, computer works fine and
> stable but it don't has the file security and compression
> features. I want to change from FAT32 to NTFS using
> partition magic 8.0.
> But someone said that if I change to NTFS, the floppy
> drive may not be able to format floppy disk. Is that true?
>
> TIA
>
> Peter

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Jim Macklin
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Re: Can floppy drive format floppy after change HD to NTFS
Posted: 10-18-2003, 09:20 PM
I may be wrong, but don't floppies use a FAT12 format and
W95,98 used FAT16 and W98se allowed FAT32.


"Oli Restorick [MVP]" <oli@mvps.org> wrote in message
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| This is not true. Floppies are always formatted with a
FAT filesystem.
|
| Also, be aware that you can convert to NTFS by typing
"convert c: /fs:ntfs"
| at the command prompt.
|
| Regards
|
| Oli
|
|
| "Peter" <anonymous@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in
message
| news:01a501c3955b$cb52ce30$a601280a@phx.gbl...
| > Hi Seniors,
| >
| > I have XP PRO and use FAT32, computer works fine and
| > stable but it don't has the file security and
compression
| > features. I want to change from FAT32 to NTFS using
| > partition magic 8.0.
| > But someone said that if I change to NTFS, the floppy
| > drive may not be able to format floppy disk. Is that
true?
| >
| > TIA
| >
| > Peter
|
|


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Oli Restorick [MVP]
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Re: Can floppy drive format floppy after change HD to NTFS
Posted: 10-19-2003, 03:55 PM
I think that is correct.


"Jim Macklin" <p51mustang[threeX12]@xxxhotmail.calm> wrote in message
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> I may be wrong, but don't floppies use a FAT12 format and
> W95,98 used FAT16 and W98se allowed FAT32.
>
>
> "Oli Restorick [MVP]" <oli@mvps.org> wrote in message
> news:uVj826YlDHA.2160@TK2MSFTNGP10.phx.gbl...
> | This is not true. Floppies are always formatted with a
> FAT filesystem.
> |
> | Also, be aware that you can convert to NTFS by typing
> "convert c: /fs:ntfs"
> | at the command prompt.
> |
> | Regards
> |
> | Oli
> |
> |
> | "Peter" <anonymous@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in
> message
> | news:01a501c3955b$cb52ce30$a601280a@phx.gbl...
> | > Hi Seniors,
> | >
> | > I have XP PRO and use FAT32, computer works fine and
> | > stable but it don't has the file security and
> compression
> | > features. I want to change from FAT32 to NTFS using
> | > partition magic 8.0.
> | > But someone said that if I change to NTFS, the floppy
> | > drive may not be able to format floppy disk. Is that
> true?
> | >
> | > TIA
> | >
> | > Peter
> |
> |
>
>

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