FAT32 to NTSF

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I have WinXP installed on my 40GB C: drive (no partitions) which is presently
FAT32. I want to convert the entire drive to NTSF without formatting wherein
I will lose everything on the drive.

I read this can be done using Convert.exe. Is this correct? Can I convert
safely to NTSF without my operating system and other programs on the drive
being lost or corrupted?

If so, how do I go about it? Convert.exe (being a DOS command) seems a
little complicated with all the of switches appended to it. Can I convert
using the Windows interface? Thanks in advance.
 
Hi Frank,

Yes, you can safely convert to NTFS. Open a command prompt window by going
to Start>Run and keying in:
cmd
Then click on OK or hit ENTER

In the command prompt window, key in:
convert <drive_letter>: /fs:ntfs
Then hit ENTER

Replace the <drive_letter> that I have written in the above command with the
actual drive letter designation for the drive that you want to convert. For
example, if it's C drive that you're converting, you'd key in:
convert C: /fs:ntfs



Regards,
 
Frank said:
I have WinXP installed on my 40GB C: drive (no partitions) which is presently
FAT32. I want to convert the entire drive to NTSF without formatting wherein
I will lose everything on the drive.

I read this can be done using Convert.exe. Is this correct? Can I convert
safely to NTSF without my operating system and other programs on the drive
being lost or corrupted?

If so, how do I go about it? Convert.exe (being a DOS command) seems a
little complicated with all the of switches appended to it. Can I convert
using the Windows interface? Thanks in advance.
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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



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Frank, that's what Help and Support is for. Click Start, Help and Support,
enter convert in the search box and away you go.

I have WinXP installed on my 40GB C: drive (no partitions) which is
presently
FAT32. I want to convert the entire drive to NTSF without formatting
wherein
I will lose everything on the drive.

I read this can be done using Convert.exe. Is this correct? Can I convert
safely to NTSF without my operating system and other programs on the drive
being lost or corrupted?

If so, how do I go about it? Convert.exe (being a DOS command) seems a
little complicated with all the of switches appended to it. Can I convert
using the Windows interface? Thanks in advance.
 
Thank you Patti, Harry, Bruce & JustMe! You guys are great! By the way,
it's NTFS, not NTSF right? My mistake.
 
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