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Oliver Pearson
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Wed Oct 26, 2005 3:22 pm Post subject:
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Our old server has finally died and I need to access the data on its SCSI
drives.
I have a SCSI controller card that I wish to put into a new XP based machine
but I've been told that the old version of NTFS is not compatible with XP.
Is this true? |
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Bob
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Oliver Pearson
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Thu Nov 03, 2005 3:28 pm Post subject:
Re: Old NTFS file structure? |
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Thank you for your reply Bob.
This article confirms that there are 2 types of NTFS file system.
It does seem odd that it retains the same name and doesn't become NTFS2
| Quote: | When you install Windows 2000, existing NTFS volumes are upgraded to
a newer version of the NTFS file system. |
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• Any NTFS volumes that are removed or powered off during the installation
or upgrade process are upgraded automatically when the drives are mounted.
Any NTFS file system volumes that are not upgraded to the new version are not
mounted in Windows 2000.
• Removable media that is formatted using the NTFS file system is upgraded
either automatically after the installation or upgrade process, or when the
media is inserted and mounted in Windows 2000.
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Unfortunately this article does not say whether the data on the volumes is
lost or retained.
"Bob" wrote:
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Pat [MSFT]
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Tue Nov 08, 2005 1:17 am Post subject:
Re: Old NTFS file structure? |
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This is a legacy from NT4SP3(and previous) upgrades. With Win2k additional
filesystem features (e.g. EFS) were added so filesystem was updated. This
did not affect the data that was there - just some of the data structures
that the FS uses.
If the old server was running NT4SP4 or later, then NT could actually use
the 'new' FS that came with Win2k.
Pat
"Oliver Pearson" <OliverPearson@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:2523EC95-129D-455F-BA3B-15BD6ACF0727@microsoft.com...
| Quote: | Thank you for your reply Bob.
This article confirms that there are 2 types of NTFS file system.
It does seem odd that it retains the same name and doesn't become NTFS2
| Quote: | When you install Windows 2000, existing NTFS volumes are upgraded
to
a newer version of the NTFS file system. |
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. Any NTFS volumes that are removed or powered off during the installation
or upgrade process are upgraded automatically when the drives are mounted.
Any NTFS file system volumes that are not upgraded to the new version are
not
mounted in Windows 2000.
. Removable media that is formatted using the NTFS file system is upgraded
either automatically after the installation or upgrade process, or when
the
media is inserted and mounted in Windows 2000.
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Unfortunately this article does not say whether the data on the volumes is
lost or retained.
"Bob" wrote:
Oliver,
The closest on this can be found at MSDN, when searching for "NTFS
upgrade":
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;198904
Robert
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