Batch file to determine if your HD is NTFS if not Format:FTFS

[Guest]

G'day, I am trying to write a batch file that will run on
a bootdisk. This batch file will be able to tell if your
Hard drive is formated NTFS and if it isn't it will
format it NTFS. Something like "if not NTFS format c:\
FS:NTFS"
Thanks for all your help
Adam

 

[wadester]

G'day, I am trying to write a batch file that will run on
a bootdisk. This batch file will be able to tell if your
Hard drive is formated NTFS and if it isn't it will
format it NTFS. Something like "if not NTFS format c:\
FS:NTFS"
Thanks for all your help
Adam

Under XP, you can use:
set volname=c:\
for /f "tokens=4 delims=: " %i in ('fsutil fsinfo volumeinfo %
volname% ^| findstr /c:"File System Name"') do set filesystem=%i
if /i not %filesystem%==ntfs convert %volname% /fs:ntfs

Double the % in a batch file.

Under W2K, you'll probably need to use WMI or somesuch to get the
file system type.

ws

 

[Matthias Tacke]

Under XP, you can use:
set volname=c:\
for /f "tokens=4 delims=: " %i in ('fsutil fsinfo volumeinfo %
volname% ^| findstr /c:"File System Name"') do set filesystem=%i
if /i not %filesystem%==ntfs convert %volname% /fs:ntfs

Double the % in a batch file.

Under W2K, you'll probably need to use WMI or somesuch to get the
file system type.

Or use chkntfs:

chkntfs c:|find /I "fat" && echo fat found || echo fat not found


replace the echo with convert like the above.