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Sun, 29 Jun 2003 14:58:45 -0700
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Re: Another USB query - formatting with NTFS?
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I use NTFS with compression set to increase capacity on my ZIP and USB
drives. Have had no problems.

Peter
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> -----Original Message-----
> I've now set up XP Pro on a new 20G x7200 hard drive.  My
> motherboard is USB 2.0 compliant.
>
> I plan to keep using my previous system drive, a 40G x7200
> Maxtor, in a USB enclosure.  The OS on this drive was W98SE.
>
> Here's my query:  Is it possible or even desirable to convert
> the old drive (in it's USB enclosure) to NTFS?
>
> Ian Porter

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