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I am backing up data on an external HD and it is FAT. I have XP PRO and
this is NTFS. If I have to replace a file back to my computer I can copy and
paste. Will it be pasted as NTFS like the rest of my files on the XP pro.
Thanks in advance

Tommy, <> wrote:

> I am backing up data on an external HD and it is FAT.

Many people are backing up data on an external hd and it is fat.

> I have XP PRO and this is NTFS.

I've decided to leave the old house to you, and the diamonds to your sister.

> If I have to replace a file back to my computer I can copy and paste.

I need to replace a file back to your computer you can copy and paste too.

> Will it be pasted as NTFS like the rest of my files on the XP pro.

If I don't get 18 hours of sleep, I get cranky.

> Thanks in advance.

Get ****ed in advance.

Tommy wrote:
> I am backing up data on an external HD and it is FAT. I have XP PRO and
> this is NTFS. If I have to replace a file back to my computer I can copy and
> paste. Will it be pasted as NTFS like the rest of my files on the XP pro.
> Thanks in advance
>
>

The file isn't ntfs, the drive is.

On Sun, 31 Jul 2005 05:18:35 -0400, "Tommy" <> wrote:

>I am backing up data on an external HD and it is FAT. I have XP PRO and
>this is NTFS. If I have to replace a file back to my computer I can copy and
>paste. Will it be pasted as NTFS like the rest of my files on the XP pro.

The files are the same.

>Thanks in advance
>

Barry
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Brian H¹© <> typed
|| Tommy wrote:
||| I am backing up data on an external HD and it is FAT. I have XP
||| PRO and this is NTFS. If I have to replace a file back to my
||| computer I can copy and paste. Will it be pasted as NTFS like the
||| rest of my files on the XP pro. Thanks in advance
|||
|||
||
|| The file isn't ntfs, the drive is.

Ummm, wrong!

The file system is NTFS, hence if the file is copied from a FAT file system
it will inherit the permissions of the directory it's copied to.

The original NTFS permissions were lost the second it was copied to a FAT
file system.

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Barry OGrady <> typed
|| On Sun, 31 Jul 2005 05:18:35 -0400, "Tommy" <>
|| wrote:
||
||| I am backing up data on an external HD and it is FAT. I have XP
||| PRO and this is NTFS. If I have to replace a file back to my
||| computer I can copy and paste. Will it be pasted as NTFS like the
||| rest of my files on the XP pro.
||
|| The files are the same.

I think you've missed the point of the op's question.

The files are the same, but the permissions would be different than the
original.

||
||| Thanks in advance
|||
||
|| Barry
|| =====
|| Home page
|| http://members.iinet.net.au/~barry.og

On Sun, 31 Jul 2005 05:18:35 -0400, "Tommy" <> wrote:

>I am backing up data on an external HD and it is FAT. I have XP PRO and
>this is NTFS. If I have to replace a file back to my computer I can copy and
>paste. Will it be pasted as NTFS like the rest of my files on the XP pro.
>Thanks in advance
>

Tommy,
Yes, the file will be converted back to NTFS when it's pasted back onto you XP Pro machine.

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> Barry OGrady <> typed
>>> On Sun, 31 Jul 2005 05:18:35 -0400, "Tommy" <>
>>> wrote:
>>>
>>>> I am backing up data on an external HD and it is FAT. I have XP
>>>> PRO and this is NTFS. If I have to replace a file back to my
>>>> computer I can copy and paste. Will it be pasted as NTFS like the
>>>> rest of my files on the XP pro.
>>>
>>> The files are the same.

> I think you've missed the point of the op's question.

> The files are the same, but the permissions would be different than the
> original.

>>>
>>>> Thanks in advance
>>>>
>>>
>>> Barry
>>> =====
>>> Home page
>>> http://members.iinet.net.au/~barry.og

Maybe I missed it but I don't remember the OP saying anything about
permissions.

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>> In news:,
>> Barry OGrady <> typed
>>>> On Sun, 31 Jul 2005 05:18:35 -0400, "Tommy" <>
>>>> wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> I am backing up data on an external HD and it is FAT. I have XP
>>>>> PRO and this is NTFS. If I have to replace a file back to my
>>>>> computer I can copy and paste. Will it be pasted as NTFS like the
>>>>> rest of my files on the XP pro.
>>>>
>>>> The files are the same.
>
>> I think you've missed the point of the op's question.
>
>> The files are the same, but the permissions would be different than the
>> original.
>
>>>>
>>>>> Thanks in advance
>>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Barry
>>>> =====
>>>> Home page
>>>> http://members.iinet.net.au/~barry.og
>
> Maybe I missed it but I don't remember the OP saying anything about
> permissions.
>
>
Agreed. The *data* in the file is not affected in any way the drive format.
Heck, FAT12, FAT16, FAT32, UDF, NTFS, and so many other formats...the data
remains the same. The way the OS handles keeping track of it is different.

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||| Barry OGrady <> typed
||||| On Sun, 31 Jul 2005 05:18:35 -0400, "Tommy" <>
||||| wrote:
|||||
|||||| I am backing up data on an external HD and it is FAT. I have XP
|||||| PRO and this is NTFS. If I have to replace a file back to my
|||||| computer I can copy and paste. Will it be pasted as NTFS like the
|||||| rest of my files on the XP pro.
|||||
||||| The files are the same.
||
||| I think you've missed the point of the op's question.
||
||| The files are the same, but the permissions would be different than
||| the original.
||
|||||
|||||| Thanks in advance
||||||
|||||
||||| Barry
||||| =====
||||| Home page
||||| http://members.iinet.net.au/~barry.og
||
|| Maybe I missed it but I don't remember the OP saying anything about
|| permissions.

What's the point of using NTFS?