I have had to access important files, even copy them out when XP fails, one can even do a scan from DOS if need be. I have always installed XP on a FAT32 partition. In fact, when I get the chance to pull the back-up drive from my laptop's hidden partition, I will probably re-format it FAT32 and re-install. As far as encryption, who cares about that? I have a home computer, and I don't imagine anyone hacking my system. I have a router for a firewall. If it were a work computer, I would be concerned about encryption. Glenn ----- Original Message ----- From: "Gregory Nowak" <greg@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> To: <speakup at braille.uwo.ca> Sent: Friday, June 22, 2007 4:28 PM Subject: Re: A computer issue, how should I deal with this? Best solution? -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 If you do that, then you won't have access to some of xp's features, such as encryption, which rely on ntfs. Also, I don't see how having a dos floppy to access the drive would help here, care to elaborate? Greg On Fri, Jun 22, 2007 at 04:13:38PM -0500, Glenn Ervin wrote: > I would suggest installing XP on a FAT32 partition, as then you can have a > DOS floppy to access the drive, if you need to. > Glenn > - -- web site: http://www.romuald.net.eu.org gpg public key: http://www.romuald.net.eu.org/pubkey.asc skype: gregn1 (authorization required, add me to your contacts list first) - -- Free domains: http://www.eu.org/ or mail dns-manager at EU.org -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.6 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQFGfD8P7s9z/XlyUyARApUIAJwJaSu3k7vlTocdLnhWYz+Vak6xGACgtOXK yj7udZ2EtXzX4tboLV/PnDc= =hKW3 -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- _______________________________________________ Speakup mailing list Speakup at braille.uwo.ca http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup
