Visual Basic, Windows 95 and the FAT-32

Eamonn J. Case
#1 / 5

Windows 95 and the FAT-32

This is probably not the best place to post this question, but can
anybody verify the following claims ? :

"Windows 95 can use the FAT-32 format, which Windows NT does not yet do,
and cannot access NTFS partitions. Many applications that will run
under Windows 95 will not run under Windows NT, and vice-versa. Aside
from these points, I don't know of any incompatibilities between the two
systems."

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Fri, 10 Mar 2000 03:00:00 GMT

We are Bor
#2 / 5

Windows 95 and the FAT-32

Quote:

> This is probably not the best place to post this question, but can
> anybody verify the following claims ? :
> "Windows 95 can use the FAT-32 format, which Windows NT does not yet do,

True.

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> and cannot access NTFS partitions. Many applications that will run

True.

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> under Windows 95 will not run under Windows NT, and vice-versa. Aside

True, but just a little care will result in apps that run under
both. Unfortunately, a number of Microsoft products will run on
95 but not NT. (Return of Arcade, anyone?) I guess we have to
include BackOffice stuff like SQL Server, but any machine that
will run SQL Server well is probably better off running NT
anyway.

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> from these points, I don't know of any incompatibilities between the two
> systems."

Except for the registry, security, DirectX, networking, and
services APIs, among others...

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Fri, 10 Mar 2000 03:00:00 GMT

N
#3 / 5

Windows 95 and the FAT-32

Quote:

>"Windows 95 can use the FAT-32 format, which Windows NT does not yet do,
>and cannot access NTFS partitions. Many applications that will run
>under Windows 95 will not run under Windows NT, and vice-versa. Aside
>from these points, I don't know of any incompatibilities between the two
>systems."

Unicode: WinNT does it, Win95 Doesn't.
Security: WinNT has a much more extensive security API, Win95 doesn't.
Applications: WinNT can run apps in a separate memory space. Win95
can't.

(Can you tell which OS I like ?)

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Fri, 10 Mar 2000 03:00:00 GMT

Eamonn J. Case
#4 / 5

Windows 95 and the FAT-32

Quote:

> Windows 95 can use the FAT-32 format, which Windows NT does not
> yet do, and cannot access NTFS partitions.

======================================================================
NTFS File System Driver for DOS/Windows V1.3 (read-only)
Copyright (C) 1996-1997 Mark Russinovich and Bryce Cogswell
Last modified February 7, 1997
======================================================================

NTFSDOS.EXE is a network file system redirector for DOS/Windows that is
able to recognize and mount NTFS drives for transparent access. It
makes NTFS drives appear indistinguishable from standard FAT drives,
providing the ability to navigate, view and execute programs on them
from DOS or from Windows, including from the Windows 3.1 File Manager
and Windows 95 Explorer.

Availability
============

The latest version of NTFSDOS can be found at
http://www.ntinternals.com

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Sun, 12 Mar 2000 03:00:00 GMT

Jay
#5 / 5

Windows 95 and the FAT-32

Quote:

> This is probably not the best place to post this question, but can
> anybody verify the following claims ? :

> "Windows 95 can use the FAT-32 format, which Windows NT does not yet
> do,
> and cannot access NTFS partitions. Many applications that will run
> under Windows 95 will not run under Windows NT, and vice-versa. Aside
> from these points, I don't know of any incompatibilities between the
> two
> systems."

i also found this week that you cannot xcopy or xcopy32 between fat-16
and fat-32.

jay

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Wed, 15 Mar 2000 03:00:00 GMT