Ok Peter, let's see if I have that straight - you have a USB 2.0 drive connected to your XP system.  

The drive used to be FAT32 (and which contained data and still contains data) and you formatted it 'on the fly' to NTFS?

I assume you did this via the XP Disk Management facility?

Ian Porter
Computer Guys Inc.
Arrowtown
New Zealand
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  Sent: Thursday, July 24, 2003 2:24 PM
  Subject: Re: [PCBUILD] Re-format USB drive


  Actually I did reply to your post, but it may have been lost during an
  e-mail problem at that time. I have formatted my USB drive to NTFS so that I
  can use the compression feature. There have been no problems. As for sharing
  and your other behavior, I can't help there because I disconnect the drive
  before shutting down. It is used only for transferring files between
  computers. Hope this helps you decide.

  Peter
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  The NoSpin Group
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  > -----Original Message-----
  > I asked this question a couple of weeks back and didn't get 
  > any relevant answers.  Before I leap in and just do it, I'll 
  > pose it again, in case anyone has fresh info.
  > 
  > 
  > My question is:
  > What is likely to occur if I attempt to re-format the FAT32 
  > drive to NTFS while it's still in the USB box?  I should say 
  > that I don't forsee any need for future compatibility with 
  > other FAT32 systems, so that's not a factor.  
  > 

  > Ian Porter

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