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Just another one of my silly computer questions for the many knowledgable geeks on FR.I have several computers but only one running Windows XP.So far I'm mildly impressed with the stability of Windows XP home but not so happy with the finicky nature of it's NTFS file system.I have a couple of old DOS games that I like but XP running an NTFS file system will not let me install.I have the capability of reformatting the drive in FAT32 and reinstalling XP with that file system.What I'm wondering is will this help with backwards compatability for DOS based programs?

This is my first post so forgive me if I violated some protocall by not posting to "Breaking News" Ok, so I tried Knoppix, pretty amazing stuff, a full OS that runs from a CD and I liked it so.. I decide to install it on a partition on my hard drive.I followed the instructions from the Knoppix website and I think I was successfull.The Lilo boot screen shows up gives me a choice of a couple or three versions of Linux and my Windows 98se installation.The 98se partition still boots but when I boot Linux it prompts me for...