Convert file system during upgrade

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I am about to upgrade ME to XP. Should I convert to NTFS.
Will the various software I current have run with NTFS.
Thanks for any suggestions.
 
You cannot convert to NTFS during the upgrade process...only
after the upgrade to Windows XP is completed.

CONVERTING FAT32 to NTFS
in Windows XP
(by Alex Nichol, MS-MVP)
http://aumha.org/win5/a/ntfscvt.htm


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Carey Frisch
Microsoft MVP
Windows XP - Shell/User

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| I am about to upgrade ME to XP. Should I convert to NTFS.
| Will the various software I current have run with NTFS.
| Thanks for any suggestions.
 
Carey Frisch said:
You cannot convert to NTFS during the upgrade process...only
after the upgrade to Windows XP is completed.
Click to expand...


Are you sure about that? I recently re-installed WinXP Pro/
NTFS over WinXP Pro/FAT32, and now I have a WinXP Pro
system up and running with NTFS. I used an WinXP upgrade
CD to do it. After the upgrade CD recognizes that a Microsoft
OS is installed, it OKs the subsequent installation as an "upgrade",
and you can tell it to reformat the disk and to set the file system
type to what you desire. I then copied over files that I had saved
on a backup FAT32 image on a 2nd hard drive and I was back in
business. When you refer to "upgrade", you may be implicitly
thinking of an upgrade in which the old file contents are kept in place
and thus, the old file format is kept as well.


Tomas B.
 
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