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by sambhe

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Hello Guys,
I've recently bought P4 and I have windows ME on the c: drive and windows XP on the d drive. Both are having FAT 32 file system . Since windows ME does not provide the security. I need to load windows 2000 on c: colon and want to keep Windows XP on d: and colon. and I want both the operating systems to maintain NTFS file system to achieve higher greater safety. I want the files to be seen//accessed from both the operating systems. Is anyone listening?
regards,
Vijay

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by estebandelatorre

yes, and what problem do you have?
you will need to reinstall or upgrade ME to Win2k, (on c: drive) and the install WXP on d:

by brian

I am sure this is not what you WANT to hear but the facts are:
1. ME does not recognize NTFS.
2. ME has to be loaded on the C: drive.
3. XP can read FAT32 and/or NTFS.
4. XP can be installed on any partition.

Based on these facts you can't doexactly what you want but you may find an acceptable alternative.

The only way both operating systems will be able to see each other is to use FAT32. Windows ME will not even see a NTFS partition. You can load XP onto a NTFS partition and thin save certain files to the Fat32 drive for sharing.

This is your answer, sorry.
Good Luck!

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