[RESOLVED] Upgrading from Windows 98SE to Windows 2000 PROFESSIONAL

[NT-KERNELL]

Thanks so much to all the people who helped me out in finding drivers for my HP Pavilion
6540C . But I still have a doubt about changing my hard drive formatted FAT32 to NTFS . During the upgrade setup from Windows
98SE to Windows 2000 Pro, it asks you if you wish to change your FAT32 to NTFS .
I'm not doing a dual boot between Windows 98
and Windows 2K . I'm going to replace all my drive C with Windows 2000 . Not a partition or dual boot . My question is : If I change
from FAT32 on Windows 98 and I adopt NTFS
from Windows 2000 during the setup...if things go wrong after installation....Could I
reinstall my WINDOWS 98SE from the RECOVERY CD that Hewlett-Packard provided me .
They say that if I change from FAT32 to NTFS
the recovery CD won't be recognized because
I'm trying to install an OS whose format is
FAT32 . That means I couldn't go back
to Windows 98 if I want to .
Windows 2000 works better using NTFS than
FAT32 . But that thing has stopped me of
upgrading.....Are the HP claims about this subject true???
Thanks so much for all your help .

[cyberhh]

NTFS and FAT32 are very different and incompatible file systems. I would not use NTFS unless you expect the need for increased security - FAT32 is easier to recover from in case of an error - you can just use a Win95/98 boot disk and delete and reinstall.

If you format using NTFS and then wish to use the recovery diskette, you will need to backup all your data on another media and fdisk/format then restore - the restore Win98 will only operate on Fat16 or 32, not NTFS.