FAT 32 to NTFS!

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indrajit

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I'm running Windows XP Professional with SP 2 installed. I'v got a 40 GB HDD with three partitions, C,D and E, C being the primary(system) partition. The D & E drives are configured with NTFS file system but my C drive has FAT32 file system. Is there any way of changing the file system to NTFS without re formatting the partiton and re loading windows? :?:
 

demoninside

In the zone
ya there is one through DOS
but i suggest not to do it(not due to data loss but due to cluster size)
any way here is the way to do so
go for
run->command
in command prompt type(only in winXP)
convert/?
this will give u all the details in simple manner u can do it like
convert c: /fs :ntfs
 

JAK

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indrajit said:
I'm running Windows XP Professional with SP 2 installed. I'v got a 40 GB HDD with three partitions, C,D and E, C being the primary(system) partition. The D & E drives are configured with NTFS file system but my C drive has FAT32 file system. Is there any way of changing the file system to NTFS without re formatting the partiton and re loading windows? :?:

Go to Start--> RUN and type " cmd" without the quotes...

then type
"convert c: /fs:ntfs " with out the quotes... :wink:

It will prompt u to do it at next reboot ..say yes... :wink:
 

theraven

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JAK wrote:
Go to Start--> RUN and type " cmd" without the quotes...

then type "convert c: /fs:ntfs " with out the quotes...

It will prompt u to do it at next reboot ..say yes...
perfect solution .. just an addition to the msg. . it'll say u need to unmount the drive and whethere u should force it to unmount .. ofcourse choose no ... then it'll give u the restart option .. that time click yes
and next time search the forum
right here === > *www.thinkdigit.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=3568&highlight=fat32+ntfs
see ?? :D
 

abhishekkulkarni

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Tell me guys if i convert an existing FAT 32 partition in to an NTFS one by the method spoken about above , will i lose the data on the fat 32 partiton?
 

JAK

What the Heck !
abhishekkulkarni said:
Tell me guys if i convert an existing FAT 32 partition in to an NTFS one by the method spoken about above , will i lose the data on the fat 32 partiton?

Nope u shall not lose any data.... :wink:
 

ice

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But converting like this wont give u all the benefits of NTFS, for true NTFS properties, ull need to format and reinstalll. and choose NTFS as the FS while installing.
 
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