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Hello Graham
The best thing to do is format the drive in FAT32, copy the files from the
CDrom to the hard drive and run the install from the hard drive.
It is not uncommon for failed instalations due to cd reading errors.
The reason for staying with FAT32 is it is easier to recover data if XP
crashes and burns.
There is no problem with networking and different drive formats.
The computer that hangs may have problems other than software. Usually a
stripdown clean and reassembly will resolve this issue. Many PCs play up
simply because of dust buildup, dirty connections.
If you are not sure about how to go about it and need some help, remember
i'm only a few suburbs away.
contact privately if required.
Regards
Don McKay
----- Original Message -----
From: "Graham" <gkavanagh@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: "AB yahoo group" <amibroker@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Friday, December 19, 2003 3:31 PM
Subject: [amibroker] Off Topic - FAT32 or NTFS and winXP/ME
> Hoping for some computer wiz to help me here. Hope I can explain it
> properly.
>
> I run 2 computers one with winXP and the other winME
>
> I recently upgraded the drive in the ME computer with 80GB and had to
> partition to 2x40GB for the bios to recognise it due to the old age of the
> motherboard (I think) after all it is only 2-3 yrs old (900MHz chip
thingy).
> I also added ram to 512MB.
>
> I wanted to change the operating system to XP but could not install XP
onto
> it for some reason. It would not copy some files onto the hard drive and
> crashed or froze during the install process. ME installed ok,
unfortunately
> it is too unstable for me to continue using it.
>
> Can anyone offer suggestion of what I can do to get XP onto it.
> I was reading about the hard drives and file system NTFS and FAT32. I was
> wondering if this could be a problem with XP as it states that XP is ok
with
> FAT32 up to 32GB and not limited by NTFS. However winME cannot read NTFS
> drive volume so am hesitant about changing the fat32 to ntfs and have to
> reformat the drive to convert backwards.
>
> My main comp with XP has FAT32 volume, and due to the advantages of NTFS I
> thought of changing it but because the 2 copmps are networked I am not
sure
> if it is good idea. Another problem I am experiencing that is pushing me
to
> change ME to XP is that when I backup files to ME computer it freezes the
> other comp and my backup stops. Is this something to do with the volume
> type????
>
>
>
> Cheers,
> Graham
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