FAT32 to NTFS file system

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I have a 15 Gb drive and I partitioned off almost half to
install Linux. Now I want the disk back the way it was. I
deleted the 3 partitions Linux needed using Disk
Management. The help system told me to use 'diskpart' to
extend C (Windows) to occupy the empty disk space. It
tells me that C must be a NTFS file system to do so and
to use 'convert' from the command line to go from FAT32
to NTFS. Next message was to use 'fsutil' to create a
placeholder file first. This is where all information
dries up. I can't find any reference to a placeholder
file.
Is this conversion no big deal? OR can I lose files,
corrupt the drive, or other disasters, if I change from
FAT32 to NTFS?
Thanks for any help.
 
I have a 15 Gb drive and I partitioned off almost half to
install Linux. Now I want the disk back the way it was. I
deleted the 3 partitions Linux needed using Disk
Management. The help system told me to use 'diskpart' to
extend C (Windows) to occupy the empty disk space. It
tells me that C must be a NTFS file system to do so and
to use 'convert' from the command line to go from FAT32
to NTFS. Next message was to use 'fsutil' to create a
placeholder file first. This is where all information
dries up. I can't find any reference to a placeholder
file.
Is this conversion no big deal? OR can I lose files,
corrupt the drive, or other disasters, if I change from
FAT32 to NTFS?
Thanks for any help.
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Converting to NTFS is no problem, you will not loose data. But if
unsure, do a BACKUP first.

Peter Hutchison
Windows FAQ
http://www.pcguru.plus.com/
 
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