P3D NTSF/FAT

[ron labbe <ron@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

(I tried to post to SD-3d at sd-3d@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx, but unsuccessful! Bob?)


>>NTFS formatted drives are only accesible from NT. You can not access data
>>on a drive formatted this way with Win95, OS/2 or DOS.
>>
>
>That is not true...
>I have a Win 95 computer networked to an NT computer and each can access
>ALL of the other's files... 

Sid herbage adds:

>The original message was slightly misleading. Although it's true that an NT
>drive, formatted NTFS is not accessible from Win95, DOS et al, NT
>doesn't *have* to be installed as NTFS. Optionally it can be installed as
>FAT16
>in which case it can be seen from a FAT16 system.
>
>I have DOS/win31, Win95 and WinNT installed in 3 independent partitions
>handled by a boot manager, and I specifically installed NT (and win95 OSR2
>come to that .... it could be installed as FAT32) as FAT 16 so that each can
>talk to the others' partitions.
>

OK-
My NT hard drives ARE NTFS and my Win95 computer can access all files
without a problem!

Dan Shelley writes:
> If your NT drive is
>strictly NTFS, it will not be accessible from the other operating
>systems. As Sid said, you can even have multiple operating systems on
>the same drive.
>

So? This STILL ain't true, Dan and Sid! (Luckily!)


ron

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