converting partition from fat to ntfs

[alex harrison]

my question is how can i convert a FAT parttion to ntfs
withtout having to wipe the disk clean by formating it.
basicly i want to keep my stuf but not on a stupid FAT
file system.

you guys are my only hope, couldent find ennything on this
on the internet.
cheers !
alex.

 

[Ray at]

Open a command prompt (cmd.exe) and enter:

convert c: /fs:ntfs

Replace c: with whatever drive you want to convert, if it's not your C:
drive.

You can convert from FAT* to NTFS, but not the other way around. (Excluding
some third party utilities...)

Ray at home

 

[Rob Stow]

my question is how can i convert a FAT parttion to ntfs
withtout having to wipe the disk clean by formating it.
basicly i want to keep my stuf but not on a stupid FAT
file system.

you guys are my only hope, couldent find ennything on this
on the internet.
cheers !
alex.

Run the convert.ext utility from a command like.
Example: convert c: /fs:ntfs

A backup is recommended - it can be *very* messy if the
power dies in the middle of a conversion.