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NTFS on FAT32

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by xgvh1999

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Is there a way that i can browse a hard drive that was formatted through NTFS with a hard drive that is FAT32 format?
Need help, thanks.

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by jtaylor637

If you're running a version of Windows that supports NTFS you will be able to read NTFS partitions. The versions of Windows that support NTFS are Windows NT4, 2000, and XP. Windows 2000 and XP also support FAT32 file systems.

If you're trying to read an NTFS partition from a Win95, Win98, or WinMe machine, however, you're gonna have problems.

In a pinch, you could always get Partition Magic and use it to change the NTFS partition to FAT32. Windows doesn't have any tools that can do that, but Partition Magic can.

by daniel_d

Of course to change the NTFS partition to FAT32 you have to format it and lose any data on it. PM is pretty easy to use though.

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