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"Keith Willshaw" <keith_willshaw@no-spam.compuserve.com> wrote in message
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> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: "Keith Willshaw" <keith_willshaw@no-spam.compuserve.com>

> > >
> > > "Andy Mabbett" <andy@pigsonthewing.org.uk> wrote in message
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> > >
> > > > I'd like to install Win 2k on a separate partition - were can I
learn
> > > > about partitioning under that OS?
> > > > --
> > >
> > > You have two choices FAT and NTFS,  FAT32 is
> >
> ^^^^^^^^^^
> > > not supported
> > ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
> >
> > Pardon! W2K and above support (recognise Fat32) (NT4 and below
> didn't/don't)
> >
>
> Sorry I should have said 'fully supported'
>
> Windows 2000 cant handle FAT 32 partitions larger than 32 Gb or
> files larger than 4 Gb and it doesnt support domains or the
> security functions available under NTFS

I must admit I didn't realise W2K didn't support Fat32 partitions larger
than 32gigs, I don't understand what you mean by 'support for domains',
though obviously file/folder permissions can be additionally set on NTFS
partitions. Compression is only supported on NTFS volumes, not on Fat32
(interestingly enough)

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> >
> > >
> > > Personally I'd recommend NOT upgrading on top of WIn 98
> > > but reformatting the drive and reinstalling fromscratch.
> > > You'll have much less problem long term that way.
> >
> > Personally, I'd suggest dual booting to separate partitions would be my
> > recommendation if you've a program to shrink the existing big partition,
> if
> > thats what you've got. (like partition magic)
> >
> > >
> > > You may also want to consider going straight to XP
> > > which is really Windows NT 5.1
> >
> > That may be a step too far <g>
> >
>
> Actually I have been running XP since December
> and its been very stable and I'm very pleased with it.

Even now, there are at least a dozen security patches for XP (and many more
others) until it''s got a few service packs under its belt, I for one
wouldn't consider the tellytubby version of W2K very seriously.