fat 32 to ntfs

is it possible to change your hard drive from fat 32 to
ntfs without formatting the drive and loosing all data.

"John" <anonymous@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
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> is it possible to change your hard drive from fat 32 to
> ntfs without formatting the drive and loosing all data.

yes

go here and read:
http://www.microsoft.com/resources/...en-us/ntfs.mspx

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francis

correction:

http://www.microsoft.com/resources/...ng_command.mspx

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francis

"John" <anonymous@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote:

>is it possible to change your hard drive from fat 32 to
>ntfs without formatting the drive and loosing all data.

Yes, but there will be cluster size issues that can adversely affect
performance unless you do some preliminary work.

See http://aumha.org/win5/a/ntfscvt.htm for details.


Ron Martell Duncan B.C. Canada
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Microsoft MVP
On-Line Help Computer Service
http://onlinehelp.bc.ca

"The reason computer chips are so small is computers don't eat much."

"Ron Martell" <ron@onlinehelp.bc.ca> wrote in message
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> "John" <anonymous@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote:
>
>>is it possible to change your hard drive from fat 32 to
>>ntfs without formatting the drive and loosing all data.
>
> Yes, but there will be cluster size issues that can adversely affect
> performance unless you do some preliminary work.
>
> See http://aumha.org/win5/a/ntfscvt.htm for details.

indeed... and thanks for that followup (again), ron. i should've remembered
from the last time we got this question.

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francis