Colin Barnhorst
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Re: NTFS or FAT?
Posted: 07-06-2006, 05:59 AM
I don't know why FAT32 would ever be a choice for the system volume.
Especially if you want to use Office 2007 (or 2003 for that matter).

"Tom Scales" <tjscales@gmail.com> wrote in message
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> "Rick" <Rick@Discussions.Microsoft.Com> wrote in message
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>> Where did you find a utility to convert from NTFS to FAT32?
>>
>> The only way I have heard of for converting NTFS to FAT32 was to use a
>> Win98 or WinME boot disk, delete the NTFS partition, recreate a
>> partition, and format to FAT32. In the process you would lose the Vista
>> installation!
>>
>> Tom Scales wrote:
>>> "Homer J. Simpson" <root@127.0.0.1> wrote in message
>>> news:Oha7GqDoGHA.4000@TK2MSFTNGP04.phx.gbl...
>>>>> Vista only installs to NTFS.
>>>> That's what I'm thinking. Besides, FAT is limited to 2GB (4 if
>>>> formatted through an NT-based OS, I believe), so FAT doesn't even
>>>> support partitions large enough to install Vista...I think that settles
>>>> it. :-)
>>>>
>>>> FAT32 though...I still wouldn't recommend it...there goes all your
>>>> filesystem-based permissions...not to mention that over the years I've
>>>> lost a lot more data because of a corrupted FAT32 partition than
>>>> NTFS...
>>>>
>>>
>>> Vista will not install on FAT32. It will run on FAT32 if you convert it
>>> after the fact, but why?
>
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