IMac networked with WINXP

I have an Ethernet LAN network composed of an iMac G5 and a (Horrors) WIN98SE PC, using the FAT32 Disc format.
I can send DATA back and forth between these two machines with no trouble at all.
I have to add a WINXP Pro to this LAN Network mix.
I want to be able to send DATA back and forth in an usable format between the iMac and the WINXP machine and perhaps, also, the WIN98SE machine, over the LAN network, and perhaps using CD/DVDs.
Should I request the WINXP disc format to be FAT32 or its default NTFS?
I would sure appreciate receiving pertinent and helpful information about my problem.
I want to install this WINXPPro on the network before Christmas.
Please send any advice and help to
JHBoatwright at bellsouth.net
Thank you all very much,
James Boatwright

JHBoatwright, Welcome to the discussion area!
When file sharing or accessing files across a network, the format of the files received has no relationship to how the drive is actually stored on a drive at the source machine.
Therefore the source machine can store the file on it's local drive in a format unknown to any other machine in the world. As long as the file sharing service on the source machine provides a standard format no one will be the wiser.
Therefore... it doesn't matter how the local drive connected to the XP machine is formatted as long as XP can read it.

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