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Why can't Windows 98 see files on an NTFS partition?
Because Windows 98 doesn't support reading or writing NTFS partitions.
What might be the source of problem when you boot two Windows 98 you cannot see the file in the ntfs partition?
Windows 98 has no built-in support for NTFS. This is not a problem, but a missing feature.
How do you convert D drive from FAT32 to NTFS in Windows 98 OS?
You can not convert a FAT 32 drive to NTFS in windows 98 because windows 98 does not support it. You can however mount an existing NTFS drive in windows 98 using a driver from www.winternals.com
What operating systems support NTFS?
Windows NT 3.1 (incompatible with NTFS in 3.51 and higher)Windows NT 3.5 (incompatible with NTFS in 3.51 and higher)Windows NT 3.51Windows NT 4Windows 2000Windows XPWindows Server 2003Windows VistaWindows Server 2008Windows 7Mac OS X 10.3 and higher (read-only)LinuxeComStation (read-only)FreeBSD (read-only)OpenBSD (read-only)Other operating systems that do not include support by default but can read or use it with third-party software include:MS-DOS (with NTFS4DOS)Windows 95 (with DiskInternals NTFS Reader)Windows 98 (with DiskInternals NTFS Reader)Windows ME (with DiskInternals NTFS Reader)NetBSD (with FUSE)Solaris (with FUSE)BeOS (with FUSE)Haiku (with FUSE)QNX (with FUSE)
Why is NTFS not compatible with Windows 98?
NTFS is designed for multi-user versions of Windows; most of its features are security-oriented and would be of no benefit on a single-user version, such as Windows 98. NTFS requires more processing power to use than FAT32, and using it would mean you couldn't boot the computer in MS-DOS mode, as MS-DOS didn't have NTFS support either, and DOS programs that try to access the file system directly wouldn't work.In other words, using NTFS would have made Windows 98 slower and made a lot of older programs unusable.There are tools that can be used to access an NTFS partition from Windows 98 if necessary. NTFS-specific features are still unusable, and there are usually other limits, such as on file size.
If you have windows 98 installed on a PC using fat32 and you are creating a dual boot with windows NT what must youdo first so that windows NT can acess the entire hard drive?
Windows NT is advance technology than Windows 98. Hence when you boot your computer using Windows NT you will be able to all FAT32 partition. However, If you use Windows NT file system like NTFS than you won't be able to access this from Windows 98. As Windows 98 can only access MS DOS/FAT32 kind of partitions.
How does file security of windows 98 and XP work?
In windows 98 there is no security but u can secure your 98 window by installing third party software and windows xp secured if u choose ntfs partitiion
Why does Windows 98 use FAT32 while Windows XP uses NTFS?
NTFS is a journaling file system, designed primarily for scalability and security. FAT32 is used in Windows 98 because Windows 98 requires MS-DOS to boot, and it would have been very difficult to port MS-DOS to boot off of an NTFS partition. Also, FAT32 has better performance on older computers and smaller hard drives. By the time Windows XP came out, computers were more powerful, and NTFS would actually perform better than FAT32 on the hard drives that were available by this time.
Can you put a windows xp hard drive in a windows 98 computer and recover the files on the xp hard drive?
You'll need special software, probably, to read the NTFS partition of a standard XP install, unless it was not formatted prior to install, and happened to be FAT32. Google it! There's even NTFS for DOS!
You want to set up a dual boot scenario between windows 98 and windows 2000?
If you have the hardware to support Windows 98 you can use Microsoft Virtual PC to install multiple Operating Systems that run on your current OS. Microsoft Virtual PC software is free; it is just a shell however that allows you install Operating Systems just as you would on a new hard drive, provided you have a valid OS on disk like Windows 98. You can download Virtual PC at Microsoft's official website. You may be asking how to install a dual boot system with Windows 98 and Windows 2000. If this is what you're trying to accomplish then you will need to know that you must install Windows 98 on its own Primary partition. Each operating system must be installed on its own partition. If you have a hard disk that has only a single partition, you have several options available. 1. You could reformat your current hard drive after backing up all your important files and re-install your operating systems and partition your hard drive into 2 Primary partitions. Windows will only allow a Primary partition to be made bootable; Windows will not allow Logical partitions of an Extended partition to be made bootable so you cannot install Windows on a Logical partition. An operating system like Linux will allow Logical partitions to be made bootable. -- Meaning you must create at least 2 Primary partitions to install a dual boot system with Windows. Also you can only create up to 4 Primary partitions on a single hard drive. Or you can create up to 3 Primary partitions and 1 Extended partition. Also you must know that the native files systems for Windows 98 and 2000 are not the same. Windows 98's native file system is FAT32 and Windows 2000 is NTFS. FAT32 cannot see an NTFS partition; however NTFS can read a FAT32 partition. The boot sector must be able to be read by both OS's. Which means the boot sector must be on a common file system between both OS's; FAT32 in this case. Installing Windows 98 first will install a FAT32 boot sector and will be able to be read by Windows 2000 after it is installed. This way the system will dual boot correctly. On another note DO NOT INSTALL Windows98 after Windows 2000 has already been installed. Your system will not dual boot correctly; you will overwrite the boot sector. Remember Windows 98 cannot see an NTFS partition, by default Windows 2000 creates an NTFS boot sector, since Windows 98 cannot see an NTFS partition it will overwrite the boot sector and your system will not dual boot correctly. Not all Windows versions can dual boot together. To see the supported dual boot configurations and more info on dual booting see related links. 2. Your other option; which is perhaps the best choice for what you are trying to accomplish is simply hook up another hard drive inside your PC case and you will be able to configure a dual boot system much easier and won't have to reformat your current hard drive. On a side note, you cannot use an external hard drive to boot to an Windows NT operating system, such as a Windows OS later than Windows 98. You will receive an error and the system will not boot! However, you can install an open source operating system such as Linux or Unix and have it boot to an external hard drive. Also Linux/Unix operating systems will even boot to a USB stick.
What would happen if you stuck a hardrive from a Windows Vista in to a windows 98?
The Hard Drive with Windows Vista installed on it would not work in Windows 98 unless you reformatted it using the FAT32 File System, thus erasing all data. Windows Vista uses the NTFS file system, which is not supported by Windows 98.
Why is the size of hard disk of 40GB 80GB same?
Win 95 or 98 had a problem due that they where fat 32 and only NTFS which was windows NT and 200 and up can read more than 40G
