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<P><FONT SIZE=2>Steve</FONT>
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<P><FONT SIZE=2>You should be able to make the disk NTFS without formatting it through the computer management window, looking at the disk management bit</FONT></P>
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<P><FONT SIZE=2>Jon</FONT>
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<P><FONT SIZE=2>-----Original Message-----</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>From: Steven W. Erbach [<A HREF="mailto:serbach@new.rr.com">mailto:serbach@new.rr.com</A>]</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>Sent: 18 August 2003 14:52</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>To: Discussion of Hardware and Software issues</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>Subject: Re: [dba-Tech] Modems</FONT>
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<P><FONT SIZE=2>Stuart,</FONT>
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<P><FONT SIZE=2>>> Can you ping the othjer two machines from your son's. <<</FONT>
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<P><FONT SIZE=2>Very good question. No, I can't. I get "Host not reachable" errors. When I</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>try to ping my sons' w/s I get a timeout.</FONT>
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<P><FONT SIZE=2>I also see that that PC isn't visible in My Network Places. Hmmm.</FONT>
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<P><FONT SIZE=2>>> make sure that it has a compatible network address and mask. <<</FONT>
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<P><FONT SIZE=2>>> If you can, then the first thing I would look at is the gateway</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>configuration. Is the gateway the same on your son's PC as the</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>others. <<</FONT>
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<P><FONT SIZE=2>I'm not competent to answer that question. In my lurching about I've seen</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>gateway references along with IP addresses. I'm not sure where to look for</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>that info. As far as I can tell there are no specific gateways defined for</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>any of the systems.</FONT>
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<P><FONT SIZE=2>>> Personally I'd install W2K on it instead. I've come across no end of</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>problems with networking XP on mixed OS networks. <<</FONT>
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<P><FONT SIZE=2>Are you talking about XP Home on those mixed OS networks? This w/s was</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>upgraded from Win ME. It has a Fat32 filesystem. I'd kinda like to do an</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>NTFS. I know that I can do that with Win 2000, but I'm looking for the most</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>reasonable upgrade cost. I think I'm scrod either way.</FONT>
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<P><FONT SIZE=2>You've given me some extra places to look, at the very least. Thanks.</FONT>
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<P><FONT SIZE=2>Steve Erbach</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>Scientific Marketing</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>Neenah, WI</FONT>
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