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Fat32 and NTFS under XP Pro

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by leonrofer

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Thanks for the two answers. I did check the BIOS and it is set to AUTO, the pins on both drives are set to Cable Detect. The forcing I spoke about in the install of XP Pro is real, I had two choice NTFS (Quick) and without the Quick Option so I chose QUICK. There was never an option for FAT32. When I looked at changin the letter assigned to the second drive under Manage/Action pull down menu there was no action that resembled Letter assignment. What should I do next?

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by thechas

Unless you have a special cable that sets the drive identification for you, the drives need to be jumpered differently.
Jumper the drive you want as the "C" (boot) drive as Master.
Jumper the other drive as Slave.
Cable Select may be the default on the drive, and the setting for no slave drive present.

As to the ntsf force, it may be that the quick option is set to ntsf only. I choose without the quick option when I installed XP Pro, and had a choice of formating options for a blank drive.
I do have the upgrade version. Perhaps that is a difference between the upgrade and the full or OEM versions.

Chas

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