Converting from FAT32 to NTFS

G

Greg

I'd like to convert my file system from FAT32 to NTFS. Are there
utilities to do this (preferably free) without wiping out my operating
system?
 
J

John R Weiss

Greg said:
I'd like to convert my file system from FAT32 to NTFS. Are there
utilities to do this (preferably free) without wiping out my operating
system?

Yes. CONVERT is part of Win NT, 2000, and XP.

Run CONVERT /? to see the command line options.
 
B

Bruce Chambers

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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