Converting a drive from FAT32 to NTFS

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I just upgraded my system from ME to XP Professional. The
upgrade went amazingly well to my relief.

During the upgrade there is no opportunity to change the
drive from FAT32 to NTFS. Is there any way to convert
after the upgrade without formating the drive and doing a
clean install?
 
Converting FAT32 to NTFS in Windows XP
http://aumha.org/win5/a/ntfscvt.htm

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| I just upgraded my system from ME to XP Professional. The
| upgrade went amazingly well to my relief.
|
| During the upgrade there is no opportunity to change the
| drive from FAT32 to NTFS. Is there any way to convert
| after the upgrade without formating the drive and doing a
| clean install?
 
I just upgraded my system from ME to XP Professional. The
upgrade went amazingly well to my relief.

During the upgrade there is no opportunity to change the
drive from FAT32 to NTFS. Is there any way to convert
after the upgrade without formating the drive and doing a
clean install?
Click to expand...

Fully outlined/explained in "Help". Search for words "FAT32 to NTFS".
 
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I just upgraded my system from ME to XP Professional. The
upgrade went amazingly well to my relief.

During the upgrade there is no opportunity to change the
drive from FAT32 to NTFS. Is there any way to convert
after the upgrade without formating the drive and doing a
clean install?
Click to expand...


To convert to NTFS, you use the CONVERT command. But first read
http://www.aumha.org/a/ntfscvt.htm because there's an issue
regarding cluster size that isn't obvious.

Also note that conversion is a big step, affecting everything on
your drive. When you take such a big step, no matter how
unlikely, it is always possible that something could go wrong.
For that reason, it's prudent to make sure you have a backup of
anything you can't afford to lose before begining.
 
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