[deweyw]

Can the 16 bit HD in an IBM Aptiva be converted to 32 bit and installed as secondary drive in IBM Netvista? I would like to do this to avoid having to move files/data to new HD. By the way, the old drive is partitioned into C:, D:, E: if it makes any difference.

 

[JAMMAN]

Uhhhh...... do you mean 16 gig?

What is the storage capacity (hd) and what era is your Aptiva from?
(processor speed and OS would be good clues)

 

[Valiant]

No he is referring to the file format.. ie FAT32 as opposed to FAT16. I believe FAT 16 had a 2 gig max. I'm not sure if you can convert in the new OS's but I destinctly remember Win 98 had a program just for converting to FAT32.. I'm not sure what to do if you need NTFS. Hope this helps

 

[JAMMAN]

Ok. If so- the answer would be yes. It will still only be whatever capacity it is.