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Re: Formatting external drive for XP using Vista

 
 
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      12-03-2008
Cuzman <> wrote:
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> I pulled an old drive out of a desktop XP Pro system that I'm breaking up.
> I've put it in a caddy and I have it ready to format using my Vista Home
> Premium laptop.
>
> The drive will be given to my brother who will use it as an external
> storage drive on an XP Home system.
>
>
> So how do I go about this then?
>
> NTFS? Yes. but what other settings should I use?
>


After formatting, it would be easiest to give full write NTFS permission to
the Everyone group at the root of the drive, and remove all other users and
groups.

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