Does Dell Ship XP with NTFS or FAT 633
10:56 ET in the "Dell has changed it policy on OS disk" thread: "Go to the main Dell site, select the Small Business section, select Desktops. Once there, under the...
Ogden Johnson III
It should also be noted that the format command included in XP is limited to creating FAT32 parbreastions no larger than 32GB (this is a limit on the particular program, FAT32 can address up to 2TB=2000GB). Furthermore, if you'd like to convert a FAT32 drive to NTFS, Windows XP includes a non-destructive (as in your data on the drive will be fine) type convert drive letter. Please note this is a one way tool, once you're NTFS you can't go back using the tools provided by MS. Also note that it defaults to a block size of 512B (which is adequate for most people, but may not be ideal for all purposes). Personally I keep a small parbreastion of my drive FAT32 for the purpose of swapping files between Linux (where I use ext3 & Reiser) & Windows XP (NTFS); FAT32 plays well with almost all operating systems.