Access from DOS ? We better all stick with FAT then <gr>.
----- Original Message -----
From: "rojomn" <rojomn@charter.net>
To: <n3hs@qsl.net>; "'Jim McDonald'" <jim@n7us.net>; "'Writelog'"
<writelog@contesting.com>
Sent: Sunday, January 19, 2003 13:07
Subject: RE: [WriteLog] Converting a disk to NTFS
>
>
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: writelog-admin@contesting.com
> > [mailto:writelog-admin@contesting.com]On Behalf Of Stan Staten
> > Sent: Sunday, January 19, 2003 6:42 AM
> > To: 'Jim McDonald'; 'Writelog'
> > Subject: RE: [WriteLog] Converting a disk to NTFS
> >
> >
> > I did the conversion and the only thing I found is that when the
> > computer is turned off rather than Win XP shutting it down, it
> > comes up faster and doesn't check the disk for errors before
> > starting. They say it is more reliable and I have not seen
> > anything to contradict that.
> >
>
>
> All true. The main reason not to convert is if you want access from DOS or
> WIN98 or other program that does not support NTFS.
> The disk is never checked for errors with FAT32 either if it had been shut
> down correctly.
>
> > 73 Stan, N3HS
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: writelog-admin@contesting.com
> > [mailto:writelog-admin@contesting.com] On Behalf Of Jim McDonald
> > Sent: Saturday, January 18, 2003 7:19 PM
> > To: writelog; DXbase Reflector; ARC
> > Subject: [WriteLog] Converting a disk to NTFS
> >
> >
> > Are Writelog, Dxbase, and AR-Cluster compatible with NTFS?
> > Microsoft
> > recommends NTFS with XP. The backup program included on the XP
> > Home CDROM
> > will only work with NTFS drives >4 Gb. I certainly don't want to
> > do it if
> > these programs won't run. Others of interest include DX Telnet,
> > Geoclock,
> > MMTTY, and probably others.
> >
> > Better to ask first than regret later. (This is a new approach
> > for me.)
> >
> > Thanks,
> > Jim N7US
> >
> >
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