Copying to Hardrive from Mac and also using Windows - which FAT or NTFS?

I and struggling with what do as best backup solution for both Docs, Music and most inportantly Photos.  I have just copied each event from iPhoto onto a memory stick which is formated as MS-DOS (FAT 32).  I have got Paragon NTFS for MAC OS X  9.5 software running.  Now my question is - should I need to view these photos (on the memory stick) via a Windows PC - can I?  Also, if I want to download to a Windows PC can I?  and ... if I want to add to the exisitng folders on the memeory stick via a Windows PC can I?  I have no idea what I am doing....??  I formatted the memory stick before I copied over 14GB - and all the photos appear to be there when viewing on Mac.  Should I have formatted to NTFS ?  Hope someone can be patient enough to explain to me. Many thanks.

Yes, shouldn't be a problem.
Music files should be in platform independent formats like .mp3.
Other documents - depends what programme they were made with in the first place. MS Office should work OK in the Windows or Mac versions.
iWork Pages should be exported to Office Word on the Mac before transferring, likewise with Numbers to Excel.
Depending on the original application, you may occasionally see a 'ghost' file when a Mac originated file is viewed in Windows. This is nothing to worry about, it's just the Resource Fork of the main file, which Windows doesn't understand. If any appear, just trash them.
Make sure all files transferred to Windows have the relevant file extensions showing (.doc, .xcl, .mp3 etc) so Windows knows what to open them with.

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