John, Can Windows 2000 handle NTSF formatted drives or will it be necessary to format the drives FAT32 in order to install Windows 2000. I want to use an older System that has Windows 2000 as a secondary computer to handle programs and the devices that are not supported on Vista. My secondary hard drives with the data are formatted NTSF and I need to know if I have to convert them back to FAT32. Cy -- -------list-services-below----------- Regards, John Durham (list moderator) <http://modecideas.com/contact.html?sig> Freelists login at //www.freelists.org/cgi-bin/lsg2.cgi List archives at //www.freelists.org/archives/pchelpers PC-HELPERS list subscribe/unsub at http://modecideas.com/discuss.htm?sig Latest news live feeds at http://modecideas.com/indexhomenews.htm?sig Good advice is like good paint- it only works if applied.