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Old 02-02-2008   #5 (permalink)
Ken Blake, MVP


 
 

Re: Lmited access to C drive

On Sat, 2 Feb 2008 09:02:42 -0500, "Bob" <nowhere@xxxxxx> wrote:
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> If your external HD format is FAT32 convert it to NTFS.

Why? There is no problem using a FAT32 drive, external or internal, in
Vista.

The only potential issue is that FAT32 has a size limit of 4GB for any
single file. But that doesn't sound like his issue.


Quote:

> Also see: Add "Take Ownership" to right-click menu in Vista
> http://www.petri.co.il/add-take-owne...menu-vista.htm
>
> "masood" <masood.345ol5@xxxxxx-mx.forums.net> wrote in message
> news:masood.345ol5@xxxxxx-mx.forums.net...
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> >
> > but i still cant back up all my pictures or music....it will let me
> > access and use them but not copy them onto my external hard drive
> >
> >
> > --
> > masood
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