Since having an external drive in FAT-32 mode, for the greatest flexibility with all other computers and OS's, I always set up my HD's connected directly to a motherboard with either the IDE or SATA cables.
Then I use my Windows ME boot Utilities disk to FDISK and format the new drive. This sets up any partitions I may want and the Format certifies the drive to be good, and ready to accept files.
Then I can put the drive in an enclosure and know that it will perform properly.
Yes, Windows running on an NTFS hard drive will copy/save files to a FAT-32 external drive with NO problem at all.
"Little Known Fact"......Windows XP will run quite nicely on a FAT-32 formatted drive. I keep all my XP drives in FAT-32 format, for the greatest access to all my files. Only my Vista drive is in NTFS format, because Vista refuses to install on a FAT-32 drive. But, the second partition (Storage) partition of that drive is still in FAT-32.
Cheers Mate!
The Shadow
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