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>http://members.shaw.ca/amico/page2.htm
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I have to take exception to some of the items in there. To claim that NTFS is not better than FAT32 shows a lot of ignorance of the underlying file structures. NTFS is a transactional database - FAT32 is not. I have had drives with NTFS that wouldn't boot due to a corrupted filesystem - usually caused by users shutting off the power while the computer was on, yet by simply attaching that drive to another computer and running CHKDSK on it, it was resurrected with no data loss. No FAT-based file system is going to be that solid.
Second, he can't find the Advance tab for the Start menu configuration? Right click, Properties of the Start button, Customize, and right htere is the old Advanced tab.
I will agree, do NOT do an upgrade from 98. However, installing over Win2K, the upgrade performed flawlessly.
I guess it's because I am a networking geek - I have 3 servers in addition to my workstations, so I would never use XP Home.


Randy