Since I am the one who asked the original question (whether WriteLog was OK
with NTFS) and that has been answered as well as a few other considerations
discussed, I'd like to thank those who responded and suggest we move any
additional discussions to private emails.
(I did convert both drives in my PC, and they seem to work fine. Maybe a
bit slower, but not very much. The capability of having more than one user
on the machine now works as does the XP backup program. The multi-user
feature is nice. I can have a radio PC, with WL, DXbase, and all the rest,
and my wife can come in and do her email on what appears to be a separate
machine. She can have a separate favorites list in Internet Explorer too.
The machine is now over 4 years old, a Dell 450 PII with 384M RAM.)
Jim N7US
----- Original Message -----
From: "rojomn" <rojomn@charter.net>
To: "Steve Baron - KB3MM" <SteveBaron@StarLinX.com>; "rojomn"
<rojomn@charter.net>; <n3hs@qsl.net>; "'Jim McDonald'" <jim@n7us.net>;
"'Writelog'" <writelog@contesting.com>
Sent: Sunday, January 19, 2003 11:25 AM
Subject: RE: [WriteLog] Converting a disk to NTFS
You can see FAT32 files from the DOS or COMMAND window of WIN98 or WINXP,
but not NTFS.
> -----Original Message-----
> From: writelog-admin@contesting.com
> [mailto:writelog-admin@contesting.com]On Behalf Of Steve Baron - KB3MM
> Sent: Sunday, January 19, 2003 10:42 AM
> To: rojomn; n3hs@qsl.net; 'Jim McDonald'; 'Writelog'
> Subject: Re: [WriteLog] Converting a disk to NTFS
>
>
> 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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