Convert External Hard Drive to NTFS

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Carl Mankat

I have a Western Digital 80 GB external drive attached via USB. I am
using USB1 at this time. I found that the drive is partitioned as FAT32.
To use Ghost, I need to convert the drive to NTFS. I tried : convert g:
/fs:ntfs /v and I get asked to enter the volume label. I looked at
properties for the g drive and it says it is WFDUSB2. When I enter that
I get back a message that it is incorrect. What am I missing?

TIA,

Carl
 
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Pegasus \(MVP\)

Carl Mankat said:
I have a Western Digital 80 GB external drive attached via USB. I am
using USB1 at this time. I found that the drive is partitioned as FAT32.
To use Ghost, I need to convert the drive to NTFS. I tried : convert g:
/fs:ntfs /v and I get asked to enter the volume label. I looked at
properties for the g drive and it says it is WFDUSB2. When I enter that
I get back a message that it is incorrect. What am I missing?

TIA,

Carl
Click to expand...

Why not walk around the issue by setting your own
volume label? From a Command Prompt, type this:

label G: External
 

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