ntfs / fat systems compatibility question

[oceaneer]

I am installing Win XP onto a new HD and will use ntfs.

I want to use my old fat32 formatted HD as a second drive in the new setup. (it contains mp3 and jpegs mainly). Will I be able to transfer the songs/data over to the new drive?

Thanks

[gt40]

Yes. XP will recognize fat32 drives without a problem , just make sure you jumper the drives accordingly (master/slave etc.) or the Bios won't detect them properly.

[oceaneer]

Good, thanks a lot.

[VJ]

And if you need it the other way around (reading NTFS partitions on W9x or dos), look for NTFSDOS here:

http://www.sysinternals.com/

Jörg