Transfer files FAT32 to NTFS

[B H2]

Hi guys,
need some advice please. Have an old computer (windows98)with FAT32
files on it, wanted to transfer them to a new computer windows XP NTFS
system. What I did was to get an external caddy put the old FAT32 HDD
into it, and connected it to the new Windows Xp computer NTFS. The new
Xp computer recognised the old disk and named the folders, but would not
show the contents, so I could not access the information and pictures.
How can I get access to the old files and pics. Your help is appreciated
Regards
Bob

 

[Rod Speed]

need some advice please. Have an old computer (windows98)
with FAT32 files on it, wanted to transfer them to a new computer windows XP NTFS system. What I
did was to get an external caddy

What do you mean by that ? Do you mean it connects via USB or what ?

put the old FAT32 HDD into it, and connected it to the new Windows Xp computer NTFS. The new Xp
computer recognised the old disk and named the folders, but would not show the contents,

It should have done.

so I could not access the information and pictures. How can I get access to the old files and
pics.

Connect the drive properly. Maybe try with the drive connected
internally, tho thats more dangerous for your data.

 

[sbb78247]

Hi guys,
need some advice please. Have an old computer (windows98)with FAT32
files on it, wanted to transfer them to a new computer windows XP NTFS
system. What I did was to get an external caddy put the old FAT32 HDD
into it, and connected it to the new Windows Xp computer NTFS. The
new Xp computer recognised the old disk and named the folders, but
would not show the contents, so I could not access the information
and pictures. How can I get access to the old files and pics. Your
help is appreciated Regards
Bob

and exactly how was this drive jumpered? master? slave? cs?

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sbb78247

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[B H2]

and exactly how was this drive jumpered? master? slave? cs?

Hi,
no jumper needed on the external caddy, connected via USB, what I have
done is to install a USB flash drive on the old computer, and copied
them via that to the new comp
Regards
Bob

 

[kaviyanathan]

Its an good idea which BOB has told Try it out.

 

[Jeff]

Hi guys,
need some advice please. Have an old computer (windows98)with FAT32 files
on it, wanted to transfer them to a new computer windows XP NTFS system.
What I did was to get an external caddy put the old FAT32 HDD into it, and
connected it to the new Windows Xp computer NTFS. The new Xp computer
recognised the old disk and named the folders, but would not show the
contents, so I could not access the information and pictures. How can I
get access to the old files and pics. Your help is appreciated
Regards
Bob

Something other than the fat32 to ntfs is going on I think. There should be
no problem in using a fat32 disk as a secondary disk on an xp system. I do
it now with W2K and Vista RC1 by having an external bay with both fat32 and
ntfs disks installed in it and have absolutely no problem reading from them,
I can't imagine how XP would be any different. Perhaps someone else could
correct me if I'm wrong, but I can't imagine how.

Jeff

 

[philo]

Hi guys,
need some advice please. Have an old computer (windows98)with FAT32
files on it, wanted to transfer them to a new computer windows XP NTFS
system. What I did was to get an external caddy put the old FAT32 HDD
into it, and connected it to the new Windows Xp computer NTFS. The new
Xp computer recognised the old disk and named the folders, but would not
show the contents, so I could not access the information and pictures.
How can I get access to the old files and pics. Your help is appreciated
Regards
Bob

XP should have no problem reading a fat32 drive...
just wondering if you are using USB1 or USB2

you should be using USB2...

If you have a lot of data in the folders...
with USB1 it may take a very long time to access the data

 

[Jeff]

Hi,
no jumper needed on the external caddy, connected via USB, what I have
done is to install a USB flash drive on the old computer, and copied them
via that to the new comp
Regards
Bob

Something other than the fat32 to ntfs is going on I think. There should be
no problem in using a fat32 disk as a secondary disk on an xp system. I do
it now with W2K and Vista RC1 by having an external bay (scsi) with both
fat32 and
ntfs disks installed in it and have absolutely no problem reading from them,
I can't imagine how XP would be any different. Perhaps someone else could
correct me if I'm wrong, but I can't imagine how.

Jeff

 

[Rod Speed]

Something other than the fat32 to ntfs is going on I think. There
should be no problem in using a fat32 disk as a secondary disk on an
xp system. I do it now with W2K and Vista RC1 by having an external
bay (scsi) with both fat32 and
ntfs disks installed in it and have absolutely no problem reading
from them, I can't imagine how XP would be any different.

It isnt, I have mixed FAT32 and NTFS drives working fine with XP.

 

[JAD]

Hi,
no jumper needed on the external caddy, connected via USB, what I have
done is to install a USB flash drive on the old computer, and copied them
via that to the new comp
Regards
Bob

I have found that some 'caddies' that are questionable in quality and
circuitry have large data transfer problems.

 

[Jeff]

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just wondering if you are using USB1 or USB2

you should be using USB2...

If you have a lot of data in the folders...
with USB1 it may take a very long time to access the data

I'm sorry to laugh, but the guy can't even see the files, so does it matter
if it takes longer to transfer files that you can't transfer to being with?

...reminds me of the joke about the passenger who heard the airplane pilot
explain that the flight would be delayed so that it would now take 3 hours
to get to NY because one of the 3 engines went out. ...short time later the
pilot now says 5 hours to land because the 2nd of 3 engines went out.
....passenger tells someone else that he just hopes that the 3rd engine
doesn't go out because then they will be up there forever.

 

[B H2]

I'm sorry to laugh, but the guy can't even see the files, so does it
matter if it takes longer to transfer files that you can't transfer to
being with?

..reminds me of the joke about the passenger who heard the airplane
pilot explain that the flight would be delayed so that it would now take
3 hours to get to NY because one of the 3 engines went out. ...short
time later the pilot now says 5 hours to land because the 2nd of 3
engines went out. ...passenger tells someone else that he just hopes
that the 3rd engine doesn't go out because then they will be up there
forever.

Hi Guys,
Thanks for the help, it was strange, maybe it was the caddy, but I could
see the folders but not the contents, but when I went into the
properties, it showed the entire size of the drive, which means it could
see the contents but only showed the folders with no contents. Put the
drive back into the computer and then copied the contents to a flash
drive and transfered them that way. Thanks for you help guys
Regards
Bob

 

[philo]

I'm sorry to laugh, but the guy can't even see the files, so does it matter
if it takes longer to transfer files that you can't transfer to being with?

My thinking was simply that he was not allowing enough time for the files
to appear.
I recently tried to transfer some files via USB1 and the* folders* appeared
in windows explorer...
but it took a long time for the *files* to show up...
and once they did , an impossibly long time to transfer.

Problem was solved by putting the external drive in a USB2-capable enclosure

 

[B H2]

with?


My thinking was simply that he was not allowing enough time for the files
to appear.
I recently tried to transfer some files via USB1 and the* folders* appeared
in windows explorer...
but it took a long time for the *files* to show up...
and once they did , an impossibly long time to transfer.

Problem was solved by putting the external drive in a USB2-capable enclosure

Hi Guys,
you could be right, soon as I saw the empty folders I shut it down and
put the drive back in the computer. The caddy was USB1 the new
computer was USB2.
Regards
Bob