Re: [APML] OT: external HD questions

["Richard Crisp" <rdcrisp@earthlink.net>]

if you are running xp go for ntfs. it will not leave files open in the event 
the system crashes.


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Chris Cook" <chris@cookphoto.com>
To: <astro-photo@seds.org>
Sent: Wednesday, September 14, 2005 6:52 PM
Subject: [APML] OT: external HD questions


>I have a question for you IT pros out there. :-)  I picked up a USB 
>external
> HD so I could back up my images.  I'm not going to be running a dual boot
> system nor am I going to be running any programs etc off it... just plain
> storage of files.  I have a few questions with this in mind:
>
> 1.)  Does this drive need to be partitioned? I have a limited knowledge of
> HD's but I did hear that you can have a HD with no partitions?
>
> 2.)  The drive was formatted at the factory as FAT32 yet my main C:\ drive
> is NTFS.  With Win XP can I have the external drive be FAT32 without
> problems or does it have to be NTFS like the master C:\ drive?
>
> Thanks for any help!
>
> Chris
>
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