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changing the HD partition's file system

 
 
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My HD has two partitions one has the NTFS file system and the other one have the ext3 file system..
I want to cahnge the first one from NTFS to FAT or FAT32 how can I do that? and will it erase everything on my Hard-drive

thanks SIJP.
 
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You can convert from FAT32 to NTFS, but not the other way around. It requires a format, and yes, you would erase your hard drive
Is there a particular reason you want to do this
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Hi
My HD has two partitions one has the NTFS file system and the other one have the ext3 file system..
I want to cahnge the first one from NTFS to FAT or FAT32 how can I do that? and will it erase everything on my Hard-drive

thanks SIJP.
 
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      24th Apr 2004
If the NTFS partition has the OS on it, no you can't without starting over..


"sijp" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
news2D2DF1A-A43A-4711-AB5A-(E-Mail Removed)...
> Hi,
> My HD has two partitions one has the NTFS file system and the other one

have the ext3 file system...
> I want to cahnge the first one from NTFS to FAT or FAT32 how can I do

that? and will it erase everything on my Hard-drive?
>
> thanks SIJP.



 
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