convert the System partition from FAT32 to NTFS

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I have xp home editon on my laptop and I want to convert
the System partition (C) from FAT32 to NTFS.

can do it without formating the partition.
 
Converting FAT32 to NTFS in Windows XP
http://aumha.org/win5/a/ntfscvt.htm

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|I have xp home editon on my laptop and I want to convert
| the System partition (C) from FAT32 to NTFS.
|
| can do it without formating the partition.
 
Greetings --

You can safely convert the partition to NTFS whenever desired,
without having to format the partition and reinstall everything. As
always when performing any serious changes, back up any important data
before proceeding, just in case. A little advance preparation is also
strongly recommended, so you can avoid any performance hits caused by
the default cluster size:

Converting FAT32 to NTFS in Windows
http://www.aumha.org/a/ntfscvt.htm


Bruce Chambers

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