FAT to NFTS

[Chris L]

I am wondering how to change my FAT partition into NFTS.
I know there is a convertor of some sort, and I read the
help file, but I still don't understand how to do it!
Can someone tell in in *plain English* how to do it? It
would be much appreciated.

 

[Jupiter Jones [MVP]]

Chris;
This will help;
http://aumha.org/win5/a/ntfscvt.htm

 

[Chris Luther]

Open a command prompt (cmd.exe) and at the prompt type
convert c: /fs:ntfs then press enter. Say yes to the
prompt and reboot your machine. The drive will be
converted upon reboot.

 

[Bogys5]

-----Original Message-----
I am wondering how to change my FAT partition into NFTS.
I know there is a convertor of some sort, and I read the
help file, but I still don't understand how to do it!
Can someone tell in in *plain English* how to do it? It
would be much appreciated.
.
Chris To change from fat32 to ntfs do the following,Go

To "Start" "Open all" "Open Command prompt" and type in
convert C: /FS:NTFS c being the drive you wish to
comvert.Make sure there is a "Space" between C: and the
forward slash (/). Once you press enter it will ask you
for confirmation and press "Y". Then press "Y" once more
to reboot.

 

[harddrive]

-----Original Message-----
I am wondering how to change my FAT partition into NFTS.
I know there is a convertor of some sort, and I read the
help file, but I still don't understand how to do it!
Can someone tell in in *plain English* how to do it? It
would be much appreciated.
.
if you come up whit the solution please tell me

 

[Bruce Chambers]

Greetings --

You can safely convert your hard drive to NTFS whenever desired.
As always when performing any serious changes, back up any important
data before proceeding, just in case. A little advance preparation is
also strongly recommended, so you can avoid any performance hits
caused by the default cluster size:

Converting FAT32 to NTFS in Windows
http://www.aumha.org/a/ntfscvt.htm


Bruce Chambers

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[Marno van der Molen]

Hi,

It is pretty easy to do.

Just follow these steps:

1. Backup any REALLY IMPORTANT data, like passwords etc
in case annything goes wrong. This is not likely, but
there is always a risk factor.

2. Open up the Windows XP Console. This is done by
clicking Start, and then clicking Run. Then in the Run
dialog type:

CMD

And click ok.

3. Now you should see a windows xp console. In this
console you can do numerous things, but we will only use
it to convert your drive now.

You should see this:

C:\Documents and settings\Username>
( where username is the name of the user logged in )
This is called a DOS Prompt. You can enter commands in it.

To convert a drive from FAT to NTFS type the following
command, followed by Enter:

convert X: /fs:ntfs

I will explain this:
Convert: Specifies you want to convert a disk from FAT to
NTFS

X: Specifies the drive name. If you want to convert drive
C:, you should replace X with C

The /fs means FileSystem. And after the /fs you specify
you want to convert to NTFS: /fs:NTFS.

This does make sence and is pretty easy.

I hope this helped you out! If you need any more help,
just email me!

-- Marno