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jlreich
07-22-2004, 10:02 PM
I just bought a 120 GB external HDD for the purpose of backing up 3 NTFS computers. Was wondering if I should format into NTFS or leave it FAT32 as it came?

Thank you for any input.

classicsoftware
07-22-2004, 11:02 PM
It does not matter. The ONLY advantage to FAT32 is you can get to the drive with DOS/WIN9X boot disk. Less secure than NTFS but for archive purppses, no difference.

jlreich
07-22-2004, 11:40 PM
Thanks Classic. Just wanted to make sure.