format was def necessary then he might as well do it through XP. FAT32 is a load of ancient crap anyway and only has uses for DOS functions and other legacy stuff, but as Jag's mostly wanting his PC for games and multimedia, NTFS is far superior.
Erm.. I onced used NTFS. and particularly hated it. maybe because its hard to do maintenance by means of expert conditions. Just when a virus Infects _RESTORE folder i'll definitely need DOS to crap the whole folder. btw i did not see any difference between FAT32 and NTFS at the moment. or maybe i just disable some of the functions to optimize the XP.but then again i Choose maintainablity under emergency conditions. Lets say IF you HDD got Bad Sector. I'd really prefer to transfer to my Doc's to my second partition.(For Your info, i Never put my docs in The same folder as my Windows. For Security Reasons Obviosly and to make Sure I dont accidently format my windows with the docs.)
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making it simple for the youth
Send to the shop.
argh i'm never gonna get paid, Goodbye a million credits