I habe a dual boot system.
The first Hard Drive drive is C drive and is FAT 32 and all one partition.
The C drive is Windows 98 SE

The second Hard Drive is partitioned in three partitions: D, E and F all
partitions are FAT 32.

The D drive is Windows XP PRO
The E drive is used for storage and the F drive is used to store images of
the C and D Drives.

I have been considering converting the D drive to NTFS. What is the best way
to do this or perhaps I should leave well enough alone?

TIA

this directly from XP's Help and Support

To convert a volume to NTFS from the command prompt
Open the Command Prompt window.
In the command prompt window, type
convert drive_letter: /fs:ntfs

For example, typing convert D: /fs:ntfs would format drive D: with the ntfs
format.

Notes

To open a command prompt, click Start, point to All Programs, point to
Accessories, and then click Command Prompt.
You can convert FAT or FAT32 volumes to NTFS with this command.
Related Topics

Your Backup of Storing Images on the same drive does not help if that HD
goes dead..........
A good backup strategy is to back/image to an EXternal
source......DVD...HD....???

peter


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"MedRxMan" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
news:#(E-Mail Removed)...
> I habe a dual boot system.
> The first Hard Drive drive is C drive and is FAT 32 and all one
> partition.
> The C drive is Windows 98 SE
>
> The second Hard Drive is partitioned in three partitions: D, E and F all
> partitions are FAT 32.
>
> The D drive is Windows XP PRO
> The E drive is used for storage and the F drive is used to store images of
> the C and D Drives.
>
> I have been considering converting the D drive to NTFS. What is the best
> way to do this or perhaps I should leave well enough alone?
>
> TIA
>

On Mon, 28 Jan 2008 18:58:50 -0700, "peter" <(E-Mail Removed)>
wrote:

> this directly from XP's Help and Support
>
> To convert a volume to NTFS from the command prompt
> Open the Command Prompt window.
> In the command prompt window, type
> convert drive_letter: /fs:ntfs
>
> For example, typing convert D: /fs:ntfs would format drive D: with the ntfs
> format.


Warning: before anyone does this, he should first read
http://www.aumha.org/a/ntfscvt.htm because there's an issue regarding
cluster size that isn't obvious.

Also note that conversion is a big step, affecting everything on your
drive. When you take such a big step, no matter how unlikely, it is
always possible that something could go wrong. For that reason, it's
prudent to make sure you have a backup of anything you can't afford to
lose before beginning.

--
Ken Blake, Microsoft MVP - Windows Desktop Experience
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From: "MedRxMan" <(E-Mail Removed)>

| I habe a dual boot system.
| The first Hard Drive drive is C drive and is FAT 32 and all one partition.
| The C drive is Windows 98 SE
|
| The second Hard Drive is partitioned in three partitions: D, E and F all
| partitions are FAT 32.
|
| The D drive is Windows XP PRO
| The E drive is used for storage and the F drive is used to store images of
| the C and D Drives.
|
| I have been considering converting the D drive to NTFS. What is the best way
| to do this or perhaps I should leave well enough alone?
|
| TIA
|

Peter gave good information.
Realize however that once the partition "D:" is changed to NTFS, Win98 will no longer be
able to view data in the "D:" drive.

--
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http://www.claymania.com/removal-trojan-adware.html
Multi-AV - http://www.pctipp.ch/downloads/dl/35905.asp

My thanks to all for such quick responses. After my post I googled
covnerting from FAT 32 to NTFS and found the article referenced, I even
downloaded and made the Boot disk and booted with it to see what was about
to happen. I decided that for the time being I will let well enough alone.
Again thanks to all.

"David H. Lipman" <DLipman~nospam~@Verizon.Net> wrote in message
news:uGHPJ%(E-Mail Removed)...
> From: "MedRxMan" <(E-Mail Removed)>
>
> | I habe a dual boot system.
> | The first Hard Drive drive is C drive and is FAT 32 and all one
> partition.
> | The C drive is Windows 98 SE
> |
> | The second Hard Drive is partitioned in three partitions: D, E and F all
> | partitions are FAT 32.
> |
> | The D drive is Windows XP PRO
> | The E drive is used for storage and the F drive is used to store images
> of
> | the C and D Drives.
> |
> | I have been considering converting the D drive to NTFS. What is the best
> way
> | to do this or perhaps I should leave well enough alone?
> |
> | TIA
> |
>
> Peter gave good information.
> Realize however that once the partition "D:" is changed to NTFS, Win98
> will no longer be
> able to view data in the "D:" drive.
>
> --
> Dave
> http://www.claymania.com/removal-trojan-adware.html
> Multi-AV - http://www.pctipp.ch/downloads/dl/35905.asp
>
>

I also have images storen on an external Hard Drive in addition to one set
of CSs.

Your advise is well understood. Thanks
"peter" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
news:2F4D951D-5A43-4139-B494-(E-Mail Removed)...
> this directly from XP's Help and Support
>
> To convert a volume to NTFS from the command prompt
> Open the Command Prompt window.
> In the command prompt window, type
> convert drive_letter: /fs:ntfs
>
> For example, typing convert D: /fs:ntfs would format drive D: with the
> ntfs format.
>
> Notes
>
> To open a command prompt, click Start, point to All Programs, point to
> Accessories, and then click Command Prompt.
> You can convert FAT or FAT32 volumes to NTFS with this command.
> Related Topics
>
> Your Backup of Storing Images on the same drive does not help if that HD
> goes dead..........
> A good backup strategy is to back/image to an EXternal
> source......DVD...HD....???
>
> peter
>
>
> --
> DISCLAIMER: If you find a posting or message from me
> offensive, inappropriate, or disruptive, please ignore it.
> If you don't know how to ignore a posting, complain to
> me and I will be only too happy to demonstrate... ;-)
>
>
> "MedRxMan" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
> news:#(E-Mail Removed)...
>> I habe a dual boot system.
>> The first Hard Drive drive is C drive and is FAT 32 and all one
>> partition.
>> The C drive is Windows 98 SE
>>
>> The second Hard Drive is partitioned in three partitions: D, E and F all
>> partitions are FAT 32.
>>
>> The D drive is Windows XP PRO
>> The E drive is used for storage and the F drive is used to store images
>> of the C and D Drives.
>>
>> I have been considering converting the D drive to NTFS. What is the best
>> way to do this or perhaps I should leave well enough alone?
>>
>> TIA
>>

"MedRxMan" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
news:%(E-Mail Removed)...
>I habe a dual boot system.
> The first Hard Drive drive is C drive and is FAT 32 and all one
> partition.
> The C drive is Windows 98 SE
>
> The second Hard Drive is partitioned in three partitions: D, E and F all
> partitions are FAT 32.
>
> The D drive is Windows XP PRO
> The E drive is used for storage and the F drive is used to store images of
> the C and D Drives.
>
> I have been considering converting the D drive to NTFS. What is the best
> way to do this or perhaps I should leave well enough alone?
>
> TIA

If you *have* to use Win98, you're in one of the few situations where you
should perhaps leave the disks as FAT32.

The exception on your system would be where you need to create and/or store
files larger than 4 gig - you can't do this with FAT32. There, you'll have
to create an NTFS partition and use XP to access it.

If you are going to convert a partition, use the convert command from within
XP. It's easy and reliable, but it's always prudent to back up first.

It's also one-way; there's no way to convert back. If you needed to do
that, you would copy the files to another partition, then format the
partition as FAT32, and copy the under-4-gig-files back.

An alternative would be to get another system for your Win9x work, and
network the two systems. Then both systems can use all the drive space,
regardless of format.

HTH
-pk

Patrick Keenan wrote:
> "MedRxMan" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
> news:%(E-Mail Removed)...
>> I habe a dual boot system.
>> The first Hard Drive drive is C drive and is FAT 32 and all one
>> partition.
>> The C drive is Windows 98 SE
>>
>> The second Hard Drive is partitioned in three partitions: D, E and F all
>> partitions are FAT 32.
>>
>> The D drive is Windows XP PRO
>> The E drive is used for storage and the F drive is used to store images
>> of
>> the C and D Drives.
>>
>> I have been considering converting the D drive to NTFS. What is the best
>> way to do this or perhaps I should leave well enough alone?
>>
>> TIA
>
> If you *have* to use Win98, you're in one of the few situations where you
> should perhaps leave the disks as FAT32.
>
> The exception on your system would be where you need to create and/or
> store
> files larger than 4 gig - you can't do this with FAT32. There, you'll
> have
> to create an NTFS partition and use XP to access it.
>
> If you are going to convert a partition, use the convert command from
> within
> XP. It's easy and reliable, but it's always prudent to back up first.
>
> It's also one-way; there's no way to convert back. If you needed to do
> that, you would copy the files to another partition, then format the
> partition as FAT32, and copy the under-4-gig-files back.

Well, theoretically he could (at least to a certain extent). He could use
Partition Magic to convert the FAT32 stuff back to NTFS.

(Presumably in doing so, some of the "privileges" would be a bit different
(if even existent) then, but if it's for a single user, that may not be such
a big deal, I'd expect).

> An alternative would be to get another system for your Win9x work, and
> network the two systems. Then both systems can use all the drive space,
> regardless of format.
>
> HTH
> -pk