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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.
Can you use a DOS formatted floppy in UNIX?
Yes you can. Unix understands both FAT32 and NTFS file systems.
How can you access a NTFS partition?
If you want to read the files on your NTFS partiton (used by Windows NT or Windows 2000), I suggest to use this driver: ntfsdos.exe. A few people told me that they had problems using this driver with DR DOS (look at Lineo DR-DOS (4.4) for more detailed information).
How to delete files without starting windows?
You have couple choices. The first one is to connect the hard with your files to another desktop and delete it from there. The second choice is to use a dos utility with allows to write/delete in ntfs system, if you don't have ntfs you can use any dos file manager (for instance, Volkov Commander which is free). In the last case you will have to boot ms-dos which is not hard at all.
Is a external hard drive formatted for windows xp compatible with windows vista?
Yes, if it's formatted to FAT or NTFS.
What are windows and windows 95 above?
XP and above are full NT systems with command prompt (ms-dos prompt) are with NTFS and all non nt systems are ms-dos FAT32 based
What are windows and windows 95 and above?
XP and above are full NT systems with command prompt (ms-dos prompt) are with NTFS and all non nt systems are ms-dos FAT32 based
What file system runs Microsoft Office 2007?
Microsoft Office does not care about the file system at all. It can be run on any file system that compatible versions of Windows runs on (FAT32 and NTFS for XP, and just NTFS for Vista).
A NTFS file manager for dos I need such software I want to have a bootable CD or Floppy that I can boot my PC with it and a program comes up that let me edit copy pase rename delete my files?
See Here, http://askville.amazon.com/NTFS-file-manager-dos/AnswerViewer.do?requestId=9925992 but i was able to use a acronis boot disk to accomplish the same thing.
What is the maximum length of a file name in MS-DOS in NTFS?
On FAT16 partitions, you are limited to 8 characters for the name plus 3 for the file extension. If you have FAT32 and a capable kernel, you can use up to 255 characters in total as a file name.In the original MS-DOS of the pre-Windows 95 era, filenames were only allowed to have 8 letters, followed by a period '.', then only 3 letters for the file extension.After Windows 95, filenames can have a maximum of 255 characters.
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.
Is FAT compatible with Windows XP?
windows is designed to run with NTFS (new technology file system) but can still run with FAT but a hard drive that is bigger than 32gb should not be formated with fat 32, anything over this should be NTFS.
