fat32

I recently bought a new PC and the HDD is giving me problems ( my HDD is 200GB seagate sata). when i tried to copy something from a DVD onto my comp it just hung up, and my HDD stopped responding and after my Windows would not load it showed some disk boot failure. i went to my dealer to get...

Can I browse as root in Fedora core 4 coz in my user account I cant write to Fat32 partitions.

what exactly is RAID HDD. does it refer only to the HDD..or to the filesystem ? till now i have only seen the most commonly used FAT32. and NTFS file systems..but have only heard of RAID. it always makes me wonder what it is ? is RAID faster than FAT32 and NTFS HDD ?? then why isn't it used...

Hi ppl, i have windows xp and fedora core 5 installed. Since NTFS writing is not yet supported/harmful, i created a FAT32 partition to enable me transfer between the stuffs i dl in linux and windows. But now, i dl somethin in linux and copied it to the FAT32 partition. but in windows, i cudnt...

hi, I'd like to convert my file system of WIN XP Pro from FAT32 to NTFS. Since there's a lot of files in my system ( not in C: Drive) which I havn't backed up yet, I'm not planning a formating drives as NTFS. So my request is : is there any method to convert fat32 to ntfs without...

I have installed windows 98 and windows xp on my hard disk.My C drive and D drive is ntfs and E drive is fat32 where i have installed win98..Now my problem is that i cant the partition of C and D when i load into win98 as its ntfs...i heard there is some s/w to solve this problem.....as i dont...

This article describes how to convert FAT disks to NTFS. See the Terms sidebar for definitions of FAT, FAT32 and NTFS. Before you decide which file system to use, you should understand the benefits and limitations of each of them. Changing a volume's existing file system can be time–consuming...

NTFS Vs. FAT32 FILE SYSTEM : some basic info NTFS (NT File System) or FAT32 (File Allocation Table) File System are the two alternatives : You Should Use FAT32 if : -u want to install more than one operating system on your computer. -ur hard drive is smaller than 32GB. Go for NTFS if...

I would like to know whether it is possible to convert Fat32 file system to NTFS from win Xp (not at the time of installation). If it is possible will the drive be formatted resulting in lose of imp data. Please help.

I had formatted the c drive of my Samsung 40 GB Hard disk and installed Win XP after Win 98. During the installation I had converted the FAT32 partition to NTFS. Later when I formatted and tried to install Win 98,it failed. I connected the HD to another PC as slave. The HDD is shown as a single...

I have converted my FAT32 file system to NTFS by convert command.now i want to convert it back to FAT32 but it shows convert is not available for NTFS.How can i convert it back.i have windows xp.

I have read all the posts about FAT32 to NTFS conversions. However I still have doubts I use Windows XP, I have 5 partitions on a 160 GB HD. C: 18.63 GB D: 33.12 GB E: 32.59 GB F: 32.96 GB G: 31.71 GB I want to make DVDs into ISOs on my computer and as you know FAT32 only allows 4GB...

Hi I have a samsung spin point 40 gb hdd. I have 4 partitions, 3 of FAT32 & 1 of NTFS.The NTFS partition was 9.3 gb and 6 gb were full.I've got Win98 and XP Pro.I recentely removed it from my case for cleaning purposes(i mean the cabinet) and when i replace it back and booted XP, the system...

Due to some problems in my system I wanted to format the hard disk. But then I realized that it is NTFS System. I had to take precautions while formattting the system and reinstalling everything on it. I tried to convert into FAT32 using Partition Magic 8.05 but it halted because of too many...

my sata HD has 4 FAT 32 partations it takes 25 minutes to defrag i if i change it to ntfs will it be faster how long does it take to change the parttions from fat32 to ntfs

Hi I have a 80GB HDD.I tried to create FAT32 partition using the method provided in Take a Crack - Digit Jul 05,pg 40.This entry won prize also.To my dismay I found the method doesn't work.The method worked for deleting the partitions.However fdisk.exe provided with win98 showed my HDD is of...

hi people8) i need some help with my computer :cry: could someone be kind enough to tell me whats wrong????(and how to fix it) i had 3 partitions C: (FAT32 with Windows 98SE) D: (FAT32) E: (NTFS with Windows XP) then i wanted to install DSL( www.damnsmalllinux.org ) so i used the...

I have win 98 and win XP running on c:(FAT32) and d:(NTFS) respectively.How do I convert my d: to FAT32 ???????

How can I convert FAT32 to NTFS file system?

How to convert NTFS partition to FAT32 without formating the drive in Windows XP?