I have installed XP and am using it, but I read in the manual that came with it that I can "choose a file system." It describes FAT32 and NTFS. I have not changed to NTFS. What advice can anyone give me as to whether or not I should change to NTFS?
View 4 RepliesMy OS is windowXP pro sp2. My hard disk has two partitions c: and D:. they are all in NTFS file-system. Now I want to change D: into Fat32 file-system
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View 9 Replies View RelatedI just recently fixed and wiped my HD...and reinstalled windows I along the way there were maybe 4 files that couldn't be copied, and I chose to bypass the files All seemed well, until I checked my HD on Windows and it said that no deframentation tool was is currently installed what on earth can I do about this?By the way, I have FAT32 style file system
View 4 Replies View RelatedSo what's my question - how can I convert my file system from FAT32 to NTFS and re-install my XP using the recovery disks?
I have done analysis of my PC with Microsoft Baseline Security Analyzer (see image) and it tells me I should convert my D drive into NTFS. Is it safe ? Can I do it without loosing any data ? How can I do it?
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I have checked for Spyware (clean), run AVG (clean), and I am very reluctant to reinstall windows, again. Last time they tried to force me to purchase a new copy of windows pro after installing it and activating it on the SAME system (not this computer) for the third time. They wanted to know when/where/ and what model I purchased.
When I click on device manager it says Microsoft Management Console.The selected file cannot be found.Anyone know what file loads the device manager so I can see where it went?
View 1 Replies View RelatedI am using windows XP with SP2 presently running on the FAT32 file system. Can I now convert to NTFS? What will the effects be or will I lose all my data..Is there any advantage to use NTFS?
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View 2 Replies View RelatedI just installed Xp pro. (I had Xp home before) but it installed on my new extra hard drive for some reason?.So I unplugged my new hard drive and formatted and deleted the partition on my C drive and installed Xp pro again.
Now when I start there is a choice of starting 1 Xp professional or Xp professional???
In other words a choice of selecting the same operating system.
Why would I have this if I formatted then installed Xp pro?
Multiples users in Windows XP Pro, Is there a way for my account to always log automatically as I restart windows without asking me to choose who is logging in?
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If I choose upgrade, would I risk that my system would remain with its present problems? Or should I rather choose new reinstall?
When i go to start -> run -> CMD it comes up with an error message ( TITLE ) : 16 bit MS-DOS Subsystem (Message) C:WINDOWSsystem32cmd.pif Invalid program file name, please check your pif file. Choose 'Close' to terminate the application When i go to that address i dont seem to find the folder system32 for some reason ,anyway to get it back easily
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View 1 Replies View RelatedI'm currently in an architectural design class and it's getting to the time where my teacher likes to get a clean start on the next year computer-wise. Now he always just uninstalls select things and then reinstalls the better versions the next year. Now I was thinking, since these computers are a few years old, he should just format them entirely, speeding them up greatly and clearing out any old problems. And this is where the problem comes in, he wants to save past student's files and I can't think of a way to do this after doing a wipe leaving out the option of backing them up on a seperate drive.
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