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Clearly Acer are at fault ...
... why on earth are they shipping systems in 2007 with FAT32 formatted hard drives?
Posted by: Adrian Kingsley-Hughes   Posted on: 02/15/07 You are currently: a Guest | Members login | Terms of Use
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Skewed results  irichner@... | 02/15/07
Re: Skewed results  none none | 02/15/07
Clearly Acer are at fault ...  Adrian Kingsley-Hughes ZDNet Moderator | 02/15/07
Au contraire!  bportlock | 02/15/07
FAT32 on drives larger then 32GB is not ...  ShadeTree | 02/16/07
Re: Clearly Acer are at fault ...  none none | 02/15/07
The main reason is Microsoft does not ...  ShadeTree | 02/16/07
Why use NTFS?  justanitguy | 02/16/07
More reasons to use NTFS  D-cat | 02/18/07
Lack of Accountability  Harry Bardal | 02/15/07
Another Red Herring brought to us by Harry  ShadeTree | 02/16/07
Hey! I was going to ask that!  rdhalsteatzd | 02/15/07
Because NTFS has issues  nucrash | 02/16/07
Issues?  cmjrees | 02/16/07
Depends on whether or not it meets the requirements  jlongino@... | 02/16/07
Acer not ready to support Vista upgrades yet  error@... | 02/15/07
Here is how to upgrade your drive  irichner@... | 02/15/07
I maintain it's Acer's fault  error@... | 02/15/07
convert /fs:ntfs c:  jinko | 02/17/07
Clearly Acer isn't aiming to stay in business either!  psi4got | 02/15/07
To be fair to Acer  error@... | 02/15/07
Update on Acer Vista Upgrade Support  error@... | 02/20/07
Accept or except?  klumper | 02/15/07
That was my bad  dberlind | 02/15/07
Ah ...  klumper | 02/15/07
Perception  Tim Patterson | 02/15/07
Disagree  klumper | 02/15/07
I'd go one step further  Harry Bardal | 02/15/07
Not quite  klumper | 02/15/07
Some one as eloquent as you knows ...  ShadeTree | 02/16/07
Shadetree is right!  justanitguy | 02/16/07
Capable means just that.  ShadeTree | 02/16/07
Your poll is missing another possiblity  mrlinux | 02/15/07
Another possibility  jinko | 02/17/07
Question please!  ruth.arellano@... | 02/15/07
What are you using the PC for...  mrlinux | 02/15/07
Posted to quickly  mrlinux | 02/15/07
Answer, Your Welcome!  justanitguy | 02/16/07
thanks  ruth.arellano@... | 02/16/07
Encapsulation  techboy_z | 02/15/07
Semantics ... It's Acer's fault  error@... | 02/15/07
How refreshing!  Fujikid2 | 02/20/07
Unbelievable. No wait. Believable.  D. T. Schmitz | 02/15/07
Cutting out the FAT  Tony Agudo | 02/15/07
Actually...  dberlind | 02/16/07
FAT32 to NTFS conversion is easy!  TerryNT | 02/15/07
Right You Are!...  D. T. Schmitz | 02/16/07
Another reason Acer at fault  error@... | 02/15/07
Question  TripleII | 02/15/07
XP Convert Tool  perryroyce@... | 02/15/07
IIRC...  bportlock | 02/15/07
Fault or Responsible?  DonG43 | 02/15/07
Correct - Acer is responsible  error@... | 02/15/07
Saved By The EULA, Again  Ole Man | 02/15/07
Excuse Me??  justanitguy | 02/16/07
"you expect MS to support each one?"???  Ole Man | 02/17/07
Now, now you know how MS has been exploited  intrepi@... | 03/04/07
Acer and Vista have problems beyound Fat-32  TerryNT | 02/15/07
Even EMacines us NTFS  psi4got | 02/15/07
It's CAPABLE HARDWARE!!!! Stop NITPICKING and just CONVERT FAT32 to NTFS  rh0 | 02/15/07
You are dead right on all of this  intrepi@... | 03/04/07
It all comes together now...  MoLerner | 02/16/07
Grammar police....  techboy_z | 02/16/07
HAS ANYONE EVER HEARD IF IT AINT BROKE DON"T FIX IT!  chuckles1000 | 02/16/07
Re: "Ain't Broke, Don't Fix" and the Point of this Article.  MoLerner | 02/16/07
Re: "Ain't Broke, Don't Fix" and the Point of this Article.  MoLerner | 02/16/07
they want the money  macmanufo@... | 02/16/07
Capable? HW upgrade required by HP/Compaq  paul@... | 02/16/07
''DESIGNED FOR VISTA''  High Altitude | 02/16/07
Driver search might solve incompatibilty problems.  TerryNT | 02/16/07
I'll second all of this and add two cents  intrepi@... | 03/04/07
Doesn't matter  rmodd224@... | 02/16/07
CONVERT C: /FS:NTFS  fore_thought@... | 02/16/07
On a side note:  fore_thought@... | 02/16/07
MARIO SAYS DROPPING AN ENGINE IS EASY  BALTHOR | 02/16/07
FAT32!!!!!!!  sashley_z | 02/16/07
big problems  cmegkp@... | 02/16/07
Micro$oft controls the rules  JJQ1000 | 02/17/07
Vista (not) Ready (not) Capable- where's Dx 10?  rwall@... | 02/17/07
Vista's DirectX 10 - hardware ? Software ??  intrepi@... | 03/04/07
Drivers not ready  JackPastor | 02/18/07
Wish I Could Get My Free Vista Upgrade So I Can See If It Doesn't Work  DennisByron | 02/18/07
Good Point !  not of this world | 02/18/07
Lets analyze this  istari2ve2002@... | 02/19/07
Voting...  craptacular@... | 02/19/07
Tangent.  D-cat | 02/19/07
WHO PRINTED THAT STICKER ANYWAYS?  BALTHOR | 02/19/07
Not a likely assumption  intrepi@... | 03/04/07
Vista ready  yagijd | 02/19/07
The 64bitund driver required ....  ShadeTree | 02/19/07
Drivers  yagijd | 02/19/07
"Vista Capable" means ...  mwagner@... | 02/19/07
Fat32 more flexible  ampsi | 02/19/07
No excuse; actually a reason to avoid it.  D-cat | 02/19/07
Even my Mum could do this!!  Fujikid2 | 02/20/07

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