Windows

1. No. NT does not recognize FAT32. In a dual boot situation like ME/NT, the correct method is to install ME first, then NT, which will automatically configure the dual booting for you, but you must have a FAT16 partition in which to install NT.
You'll need to create a FAT16 partition to install NT, which may mean formatting and starting from scratch, or you may be able to use Partition Magic or similar utility to create your FAT16 partition.

2. No, NT 4.0 does not support USB. However a company called Bluewater makes USB For Windows NT 4.0 which allows you to use plug-and-play USB (Universal Serial Bus) mice, keyboards, printers, and Pocket PC cradles.

www.bluewatersystems.com/products/devtools/usbwin40/

3. You will have to reinstall all your programs under NT but you can install them to the same folder without a problem.

4. As long as you have the drivers for your hardware devices, it shouldn't be too much of a problem.

Answer 1. No, NT4 does not recognized FAT32. Only FAT 16 and NTFS.
You have to install NT4 on a separate hard disk partition. you can use a boot manager to setup the dual boot option.

Answer 2. NT4 does not provide any support for USB devices.

Answer 3. No can do. You have to install the programs separately on each hard disk because they're on a different partition.

Answer 4. Even though NT4 is not plug & play. User must know what hardware they're installing and must provide the correct driver for it to work properly.

1.- NO WinNT does not reconize FAt32. Boot partition MUST be FAT16 (2GB max). Ok if win2k
2.- No, there is no support for ANY usb device under winNT, consider Win2k instead.
3.- You can setup an ntfs partition an install all software there, but you will have to do the instalation twice over. First time in order to copy files to the winnt\system32 directory and a second time to place the same files and registry settings for the WinME instalation

4.- If the hardware pieces are listed under the HAL.txt file (a list with all hardware that is compatible with NT) included with the win nt cd rom (or the updated list in the micrososft web site), all the process is almost automatic. If you have a special issue you can use this forum to solve your problems.

Hope it helps!!

P.D.: To avoid ALL your comments, you can choose Win2k AND WinME instead!!!

All these are very good answers. Plug-and-Play (PnP) on Windows NT4 is not a straight forward issue: The support for installation of Plug-and-Play is 'hidden' in the DRVLIB- directory on the NT4 CD-ROM (not part of the usual I386-setup)but involves sound cards. I do not know if it will resolve other pnp hardware. You can always manually install.