Re: Changing the Administrator's password
From: Shenan Stanley (newshelper_at_gmail.com)
Date: 10/27/05
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Date: Wed, 26 Oct 2005 17:25:07 -0500
Jerry wrote:
> The size of the hard drive DOES impact whether you are able to use
> NTFS or if you have to use FAT. 8 Gigabyte hard drives are not able
> to use NTFS (for some reason 8 gigs seems to be the cut-off
> point...larger drives are able to use NTFS) ... we are warned about
> that during XP installation and the system will not allow you to
> convert from FAT to NFS after the OS is installed. I know because I
> tried to.
>
> I bought a comprehensive manual put out by Microsoft ... hardcover, so
> it set me back a touch ... and the instructions in it apply to people
> who have NTFS...leaves me sort of out in the cold as I'm stuck with
> FAT32. Some of the things in there apply to me, but a lot don't and
> it leaves me in the lurch when I have questions.
>
> I did log on as the Administrator and changed the password from the
> Contol Panel's User Account section...I kept getting error messages
> even tho the first change I made actually went thru. I kept getting
> error messages afterward because I kept inputting the old password
> thinking that it had not been changed already.
>
> You gave a lot of information on this post and I thankyou for the time
> and effort you put into it. I really appreciate it Shenan.
Hmm.. I think you have misunderstood something you read somewhere.
I have formatted drives smaller than 8GB NTFS for a long time. 4GB was the
smallest.. Although I really had to strip down Windows XP to do it.
You should have no problem - if you have enough space on your really small
drive - converting to NTFS. With a drive that small - I wouldn't take a
chance and probably make an image of it with Ghost or something first - but
I bet you could convert it to NTFS pretty easily.
http://www.microsoft.com/technet/prodtechnol/winxppro/maintain/convertfat.mspx
However, because you would be converting instead of installing - there are
other issues (like cluster size) to contend with. It would be better to do
a fresh install and format it NTFS. heh
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