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Here's what you are talking about...ntfs vs fat32 file systems
Win9x machines use FAT32, the older of the two major Windows file systems. NTFS is the newer file system. For the purpose of peer-to-peer networking, NTFS's primary advantage is that it provides additional security settings for folders and files. To see which file system a drive uses, double-click My Computer, right-click the drive, and select Properties. The information on the General tab includes which file system that drive uses.
Although NTFS is more feature-rich than FAT32, you might need to use FAT32 because systems other than Win2K and NT systems, such as Win9x, can't read local NTFS drives. For example, if you have a double-boot system with Win2K and Win98, Win98 can't read NTFS drives on the system. This limitation doesn't interfere with networked file sharing: A Win2K machine can translate a file from an NTFS drive into something a Win9x machine can understand and can serve the file to a Win9x computer. But if you format a drive on a Win9x machine as NTFS, the Win9x machine can't read files on that local drive because Win9x can't translate NTFS. Consequently, if you create a Win2K Pro and Win9x dual-boot machine, you'll most likely want to keep all your drives in FAT32.
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