Yes - your XP Pro will write to the USB2 Fat32 hard drive in Fat32.  The
computer will write in the format the drive is already in.  Your older
machine should have no problem using it.

Tony Mayer
Sysop
The Magic FunHouse BBS
http://bbs.magicom.net



Robert Lendrim wrote:
> I have an older computer which uses W98SE and FAT32. It will be used to run
> JPG slide shows and play MP3 music files on a  home entertainment system.
> The JPGs and MP3s are on an external USB2 hard drive which was created
> using the FAT32 computer. The files on the drive were put there by the same
> FAT32 computer.
>
> My new computer uses XP Pro and NTFS. If I add files to the USB2 FAT32 hard
> drive from the new NTFS computer, will that hard drive and those files be
> totally usable by the older FAT32 machine?
>
> Thanks, Bob Lendrim
>

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