converting FAT 32 to NTFS

[Mike L]

I want to convert a drive on my XP machine to NTFS (I upgraded from ME).

The book I am using says to set a file to 12.5% of the partition and to use
this in the convert cmd. (The purpose of this is to guarantee the MTF will
not be fragmented) As My partition is 38.7G, I plan to set the file to 4.9
G.


I am using the command

fsutil file createnew d:\testfile.txt 4900000000

as the book indicates. However I get an error message "there is not enough
space on the disk"

The parameter is help is defined as size of file.

If successful, the book says to run
convert d: /fs:ntfs /cvtarea:testfile.txt

Can you see something I missed in the fsutil command?

Thanks

 

[NobodyMan]

I want to convert a drive on my XP machine to NTFS (I upgraded from ME).

The book I am using says to set a file to 12.5% of the partition and to use
this in the convert cmd. (The purpose of this is to guarantee the MTF will
not be fragmented) As My partition is 38.7G, I plan to set the file to 4.9
G.


I am using the command

fsutil file createnew d:\testfile.txt 4900000000

as the book indicates. However I get an error message "there is not enough
space on the disk"

The parameter is help is defined as size of file.

If successful, the book says to run
convert d: /fs:ntfs /cvtarea:testfile.txt

Can you see something I missed in the fsutil command?

Thanks

So your book wants you to jump through hoops for a simple file system
conversion? What book is this?

Just go for it using the following command from the command prompt:
convert X:/fs:ntfs

where X is the drive you want to convert. If it's the boot drive,
you'll get a message the conversion will occur at the next reboot;
otherwise the conversion will start.

Of course, there's always the possibility you'll lose data, but I've
done hundreds of these conversions without any problems.

 

[CS]

On Sat, 6 Dec 2003 16:30:28 -0500, "Mike L" <Mike_ (e-mail address removed)>
wrote:

Set the file to less than 4 GB and it'll work. You can't create a
4.9gb file since that exceeds the limit for file creation in FAT-32.
Once the drive has been converted to NTFS, you can create files larger
than 4 GB.

Regards.

 

[Frank Jelenko]

And the possibility that you might lose data means you should always backup
your data/system before doing anything like coverting the file system.

Doesn't mean you should be wary of doing the convert - just that you should
have a back up of your data.

 

[Mike L]

Appreciate the feedback.

The book is Microsoft Windows XP inside Out. It appears to be from
Microsoft Press.

 

[Mike L]

Can I expand the space for the master file table after the conversion or do
you thing that the 4 gig might be enough.

Appreciate the help.