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Compaq is committed to designing products, services, and programs

with improved usability and accessibility for all customers. Compaq

products with Microsoft Windows XP preinstalled, or that are XP

Ready, are designed for accessibility. These products are tested with

industry-leading Assistive Technology products to ensure equal

access -- anytime, anywhere ... to anyone.

Depending on your system, you may be prompted to select a file

system format during the initial setup of your system.

Hard drives can be configured in three basic formats: FAT16,

FAT32, or NTFS, with variances of each, depending on the operating

system and hard drive support. To check the file system format

assigned to your hard drive (factory settings), open My Computer,

right-click on Local Disk (C:), then select Properties.

Microsoft Windows 98 supports the FAT32 file system format only.

Depending on which file system format your hard drive is using, the

following utility may be available for you to convert part or all of the

drive partition to NTFS format.

CAUTION: You may experience data loss if you attempt to convert your

drive to NTFS using the methods described in this section. Before

converting your drive, make a backup copy of all data stored on your hard

drive.

Double-click the NTFS Convert icon located on the desktop. Read

and follow the instructions that appear on the screen to change the

drive partitioning. This feature is available on select models only.

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