Article:		Windows XP from a Mac Perspective
Subject:		Mistake #1 with your install
Date:		2002-02-14 21:51:24
From:		bucktaylor
Response to: Mistake #1 with your install
If you read the article you'd see he installed the Windows XP Home Edition. XP Home does not support NTFS. NTFS support is only included in Windows XP Professional. His only choice was to use fat32.

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• Mistake #1 with your install
  2002-04-09 16:14:19  stormdev [View]
  
  
  You don't know what you are talking about.
  
  Windows XP Home Edition supports the NTFS file system. This is being written from a Windows XP Home Edition machine running the NTFS file system, as a matter of fact.

• Mistake #1 with your install
  2002-02-15 03:37:50  oleerror [View]
  
  
  You're mistaken, bucktaylor. Windows XP Home Edition does support NTFS. The only reason to use FAT32 is if you plan to dual-boot with an OS that cannot read NTFS5.
• bucktaylor
  2002-02-15 11:08:11  acidbrnd [View]
  
  
  read the msg above. XP Home edition DOES support NTFS5. Sorry bud but you are wrong.
• bucktaylor
  2002-02-18 13:43:55  bucktaylor [View]
  
  
  This was taken right from the Microsoft website. It says one of the advantages of Windows XP Professional is the support for NTFS. Now if you'd like to take the issue up with Microsoft go right ahead.
  
  http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/pro/evaluation/overviews/filesystem.asp
  
  Sorry but no one beats me in the computer field.
• bucktaylor
  2002-04-09 16:31:36  stormdev [View]
  
  
  http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/pro/evaluation/overviews/filesystem.asp
  
  This article on the MS site isn't contrasting that XP Pro supports NTFS while XP Home Edition doesn't--you are not comprehending what is being written. It is simply promoting the features of XP Pro.
  
  Windows XP Home Edition--exactly like the Professional version--offers the choice of using the NTFS or FAT32 file system during installation.
  
  This is referenced on the installation instructions for Windows XP Home Edition found on the Microsoft website:
  
  http://www.microsoft.com/WINDOWSXP/home/using/howto/gettingstarted/guide/newinstallation.asp
  
  "Sorry but no one beats me in the computer field."
  
  A lofty claim requiring you to have omniscience regarding every facet of computing. A very doubtful claim in and of itself, and even more so since you don't even possess basic knowledge of the applicable files systems supported with Windows XP.
  
  
  
  
  
  
• bucktaylor
  2002-02-19 17:16:06  acidbrnd [View]
  
  
  No one beats you in the computer feild? Wow funny I'll argue with the MS site since I was a Windows XP Home/Pro beta tester thanks for the insite though. Sadly I just installed XP Home on a NTFS Harddrive. So Mr. no one beats me in the comp feild care to try and explain WHY I was able to do that?
• bucktaylor
  2002-02-18 23:25:51  rnishimura [View]
  
  
  Sir,
  
  I believe you are wrong. Here is the installation guide for Windows XP Home Edition:
  http://www.microsoft.com/WINDOWSXP/home/using/howto/gettingstarted/guide/newinstallation.asp
  
  It clearly states that the option exists to use NTFS as the file system in Windows XP Home Edition.
  
  You may have misread the statement "One of the key benefits you’ll enjoy with Windows XP Professional is support for the NTFS file system." on the link you supplied as inference of a benefit the Professional version provides in comparision to the Home version. In fact, both editions provide support for NTFS- the statement refers to a comparison of Windows XP to the Windows 9X operating environments.