change from fat32 to ntfs

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Phyllis

Do I have to reformat my C drive to change from fat32 to
NTFS? If so, will that wipe out my data on my c drive?
Is there a benefit to NTFS
 
M

Michael Cecil

Do I have to reformat my C drive to change from fat32 to
NTFS?
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No, using the convert command just changes the filesystem without a
need to format.
If so, will that wipe out my data on my c drive?
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Formatting would wipe out the data on your drive otherwise.
Is there a benefit to NTFS
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It is a journaled filesystem, so it is much less prone to corruption.
It also lets you use the filesystem level security features that
W2K/XP offers.
 

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