Cloning

[Erdna]

Maybe not the right forum, but this is my question:
If I want to clone a FAT 32 disk to a preformatted NTFS new disk. Is the
cloning process then automatically going to change (re-format) the
preformatted NTFS system on the target disk to FAT32, or do I have to first
re-format the NTFS disk to FAT 32 before cloning?
P.S. I want to keep FAT32 for some MAC/PC issues.
Thanks for any advise.

 

[Gene E. Bloch]

Maybe not the right forum, but this is my question:
If I want to clone a FAT 32 disk to a preformatted NTFS new disk. Is the
cloning process then automatically going to change (re-format) the
preformatted NTFS system on the target disk to FAT32, or do I have to first
re-format the NTFS disk to FAT 32 before cloning?
P.S. I want to keep FAT32 for some MAC/PC issues.
Thanks for any advise.

I suspect that will vary according to the program you use[1], but I would
expect the clone to end up as a FAT32 - otherwise it's not a clone,
n'est-ce pas?

[1] In my experience, some programs will offer to reformat the destination
and others will just do it silently. I imagine there are also some that
will quit with an error message.

 

[Mark Adams]

Maybe not the right forum, but this is my question:
If I want to clone a FAT 32 disk to a preformatted NTFS new disk. Is the
cloning process then automatically going to change (re-format) the
preformatted NTFS system on the target disk to FAT32, or do I have to first
re-format the NTFS disk to FAT 32 before cloning?
P.S. I want to keep FAT32 for some MAC/PC issues.
Thanks for any advise.

Cloning makes an exact duplicate of the source drive including the file
system. You could start with an empty zero-filled drive and the cloning
process will go without a hitch.