Windows 2000 Can I change drive to Fat32?

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I got Win2k installed on a computer I bought and it's licensed to me.
However I did not get an install disk. I initially did not want to
use 2K and I plugged in my harddrive with Windows98se installed on it.
Ever since I have been swapping hard drives. I want to set up my
system as a dual boot for Win98 and Win2K. But I want ALL drives to
be accessible from Dos. Therefore I want to change the 2K drive to
Fat32. I have Partition Magic which will make the change, but will
doing this cause problems with Win2k working? Its currently set to
NTFS. I dont have the install CD so I cant risk it. Howver, before I
do it, I intend to use Partition Magic to clone the whole drive to
another spare drive.
 
<mini_pony@whinney.com> wrote in message
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>I got Win2k installed on a computer I bought and it's licensed to me.
> However I did not get an install disk. I initially did not want to
> use 2K and I plugged in my harddrive with Windows98se installed on it.
> Ever since I have been swapping hard drives. I want to set up my
> system as a dual boot for Win98 and Win2K. But I want ALL drives to
> be accessible from Dos. Therefore I want to change the 2K drive to
> Fat32. I have Partition Magic which will make the change, but will
> doing this cause problems with Win2k working? Its currently set to
> NTFS. I dont have the install CD so I cant risk it. Howver, before I
> do it, I intend to use Partition Magic to clone the whole drive to
> another spare drive.

Win2000 will work happily with FAT32.
 
No using Partition Magic to go back to FAT32 will work just fine. Windows
2000 will be a little confused when you fire it up because it will lose its
ability to secure the files and folders but a confused op sys is better than
a broken one. And no it won't be broke. Just confused. But will still work.

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George Hester
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<mini_pony@whinney.com> wrote in message
news:8r5hn3pv6nhq7mgig0oc8l7c7c30741ds8@4ax.com...
> I got Win2k installed on a computer I bought and it's licensed to me.
> However I did not get an install disk. I initially did not want to
> use 2K and I plugged in my harddrive with Windows98se installed on it.
> Ever since I have been swapping hard drives. I want to set up my
> system as a dual boot for Win98 and Win2K. But I want ALL drives to
> be accessible from Dos. Therefore I want to change the 2K drive to
> Fat32. I have Partition Magic which will make the change, but will
> doing this cause problems with Win2k working? Its currently set to
> NTFS. I dont have the install CD so I cant risk it. Howver, before I
> do it, I intend to use Partition Magic to clone the whole drive to
> another spare drive.
 
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