Roger, FWIW I believe Ranish is not for NTFS, and I think Win2K is NTFS. If the Win2K "computer management" and "Disk management" area is like XP, you can't partition it there, only format it (with one partition). Same if you right click a drive in "My Computer" and "Format".
I've run XP on FAT32 before, and in actual use there's not a real difference other than loss of Encryption and some other security issues. XP with FAT32 (32k clusters) is much faster than NTFS though, my HD tests and benchmarks proved that. Cluster size in NTFS didn't make much of a difference, but they did in FAT32. -Clint God Bless Clint Hamilton, Owner http://OrpheusComputing.com ) http://ComputersCustomBuilt.com ----- Original Message ----- From: "Roger Carnell" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Thanks to all for the responses on Disk Manager. I went and downloaded the "Ranish Disk Manager" in case I need it. Wally asked what OS's I have around. I have 3 PC's running currently, a Win98, Win98SE, and Win2000. I haven't used Win 2000 much, but since this email I went looking and found what I believe to be a disk management tool under "Administrative Tools". It sounds like, from the replies, that I can slave the HD to this computer and partition and format it right there. I might have to try that. Also, has anyone run Win 2000 on a FAT 32 format? Does it work OK? Wasn't Win 2000 built on NTFS technology? Thanks again, Roger ============= PCWorks Mailing List ================= Don't see your post? Check our posting guidelines & make sure you've followed proper posting procedures, http://pcworkers.com/rules.htm Contact list owner <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Unsubscribing and other changes: http://pcworkers.com =====================================================
