Converting FAT32 to NFTS...?

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hi

I know I can do this with convert.exe.

What possible disadvantages are there to converting currentlt used
partitions compared to completely reformatting / reinstalling windows (which
I REALLY want to avoid) ?

I gather that reformatting is the preferred method but I can't find out why.

Are the any performance / stability issues with the former method ?

thanks

dave p
 
dave said:
hi

I know I can do this with convert.exe.

What possible disadvantages are there to converting currentlt used
partitions compared to completely reformatting / reinstalling windows (which
I REALLY want to avoid) ?

I gather that reformatting is the preferred method but I can't find out why.

Are the any performance / stability issues with the former method ?

thanks

dave p
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I converted and there were no issues whatsoever. In fact, I never get
the "Improper shutdown, disk check will start in 8 seconds..." any more
either. If you do it on your primary partition, the only 'issue' I can
think of is if I remember correctly, you had to re-boot and do it on
startup. There are no stability issues, but with any disk-wide action,
if you get a power cut, then you are in trouble.
 
hi

I know I can do this with convert.exe.

What possible disadvantages are there to converting currentlt used
partitions compared to completely reformatting / reinstalling windows (which
I REALLY want to avoid) ?

I gather that reformatting is the preferred method but I can't find out why.

Are the any performance / stability issues with the former method ?
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See this article (http://www.aumha.org/win5/a/ntfscvt.htm) for a good
write-up on how to successfully convert fat32 to NTFS and avoid some of the
issues.
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dave said:
hi

I know I can do this with convert.exe.

What possible disadvantages are there to converting currentlt used
partitions compared to completely reformatting / reinstalling windows (which
I REALLY want to avoid) ?

I gather that reformatting is the preferred method but I can't find out why.
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The why is that less informed people don't know how to ensure proper
cluster size without formatting.

You can safely convert the partition to NTFS whenever desired,
without having to format the partition and reinstall everything. As
always when performing any serious changes, back up any important data
before proceeding, just in case. A little advance preparation is also
strongly recommended, so you can avoid any performance hits caused by
the default cluster size:

Converting FAT32 to NTFS in Windows
http://www.aumha.org/a/ntfscvt.htm

Are the any performance / stability issues with the former method ?
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None whatsoever.


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