k420 Posted April 12, 2003 Share Posted April 12, 2003 2 question really 1. DUring the setup it asked me if i wanted to keep the remainging file structure but convert it to ntfs will i lose all my files on that drive if i do this? 2. Is there a way to convert fat32 to ntfs with out reformatting? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Atom Posted April 12, 2003 Share Posted April 12, 2003 you can convert your current FAT to NTFS w/o losing any data. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joseph Zollo Posted April 12, 2003 Share Posted April 12, 2003 To convert to ntfs use the convert command... convert [drive]: /fs:ntfs replace [drive] with the letter of the drive you want to convert. example - convert c: /fs:ntfs Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Glowstick Posted April 12, 2003 Share Posted April 12, 2003 Not recommended though. You'll end up with a filesystem running 512byte clusters. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
k420 Posted April 12, 2003 Author Share Posted April 12, 2003 what would it normally be running Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
k420 Posted April 12, 2003 Author Share Posted April 12, 2003 and where do i do this command Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
trance Posted April 12, 2003 Share Posted April 12, 2003 it would normally be 4k clusters, and you run it from cmd.exe Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
k420 Posted April 12, 2003 Author Share Posted April 12, 2003 please be kind to me bu wha is the command to get to the c prompt on the cmd line i forget what it is to go up a level Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
trance Posted April 12, 2003 Share Posted April 12, 2003 I'll make it easy for you... start-->run-->cmd.exe a new window will open up then convert [drive]: /fs:ntfs replace [drive] with the letter of the drive you want to convert. example - convert c: /fs:ntfs Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
k420 Posted April 12, 2003 Author Share Posted April 12, 2003 ok i got it didn't put the connvert here thanks alot Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
k420 Posted April 14, 2003 Author Share Posted April 14, 2003 well it actually erased my c drive oh fooey Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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