FAT32, NFS and Knoppix

[Stephen]

Yes but

I would just mount the old drive in the new xp machine and copy over the 
files.
xp will see the drive and have no problems reading the drive.
I use this method every month

enjoy

PS instead of changing the master/slave setings on drive I just 
disconnect cdrom and use its cable. there should be a spare power cable 
installed

Scott Lawton wrote:

> I have a friend who will be getting a new computer soon. Her Win 98 box 
> is going to hell - apparently big time MoBo problems.
> The new machine will run Windows Xtreme Prejudice [XP] like all the 
> other computers in her home and graphic design business.
> She wants a Dell; I told her about CyberSource, but she still wants a 
> Dell - go figure.
> 
> She wants the files in My Docs and certain subdirectories of Prog Files 
> copied  to the HD of the new box, if possible .
> The 98 HD is FAT32, but I think that XP uses NTFS, and NTFS doesn't seem 
> to interface well with much else [my impression].
> 
> My question is this - Could I mount the old  drive in the machine as 
> slave, and boot with Knoppix to copy the aforementioned files to  an XP 
> partition on the master, then have them recognized on the next XP boot ?
> 
> Once the needed files are copied, then the slave will be able to be 
> reformatted to XP partitions.
> 

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