Convert NTFS to FAT32??

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It can't. And why would you want to?

You can of course format and do a clean installation.
 
Willard said:
How can a WinXP OEM installation be converted from NTFS to FAT32??
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Partition Magic will do that. There may be other 3rd party partition
managers that may also do it. Google it.
 
Bullwinkle said:
Partition Magic will do that. There may be other 3rd party partition
managers that may also do it. Google it.
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Yes, you at least need version 8.

If it's a data-recovery issue then you could also try BartPE, Knoppix or
Ubuntu LiveCD to get the data copied off. That won't provide you with a
bootable FAT32 copy of the OS though, at least not without further work. But
it will usually get your data back.

The more data-recoveries I do, the more I think it's better to use a FAT32
partition for the OS, and if it's a big disk then a separate NTFS partition
for data. NTFS is more robust as a data-store but if there are bootup
problems it's extremely hard to repair the bootloader without doing a full
reinstall.
 
Ian said:
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Yes, you at least need version 8.

If it's a data-recovery issue then you could also try BartPE, Knoppix or
Ubuntu LiveCD to get the data copied off. That won't provide you with a
bootable FAT32 copy of the OS though, at least not without further work. But
it will usually get your data back.

The more data-recoveries I do, the more I think it's better to use a FAT32
partition for the OS, and if it's a big disk then a separate NTFS partition
for data. NTFS is more robust as a data-store but if there are bootup
problems it's extremely hard to repair the bootloader without doing a full
reinstall.
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Thanks for your information and experience, as well as the 3 previous
replies..
I'll try PM8..
 
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