Conveting FAT32 partion to NTFS

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during installing my Windows XP pro. I selected to use FAT32 for format the
hard disk. Now after having all software installed, and the system runs
smooth, I need to convert the FAT32 to NTFS. I could not find the windows
wizard to help me do that....

Please help me as I need to secure my system from all respects, as it a
shared machine, and continousely hooked to the internet.

Thanks in advance.
 
CONVERTING FAT32 to NTFS in Windows XP
http://aumha.org/win5/a/ntfscvt.htm

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| during installing my Windows XP pro. I selected to use FAT32 for format the
| hard disk. Now after having all software installed, and the system runs
| smooth, I need to convert the FAT32 to NTFS. I could not find the windows
| wizard to help me do that....
|
| Please help me as I need to secure my system from all respects, as it a
| shared machine, and continousely hooked to the internet.
|
| Thanks in advance.
 
Thank you Carey for your quick response.... and will let you kno the results
soo.
I have another question, though.

I remember that at the early days of my use to Windows XP, I did converted
from FAT32 to NTFS using a Windows XP built-in wizard when I right click on
the partion (in the Disk Managment Consol), but I don't see it any more... is
it available some where else, or is it removed from Windows?

Thanks in advance.

Nick
 
The only way you can convert a partition within the Window is the
Re-Formatting the partition as it will ask you the File System. But I do not
think that it will be a good idea if you have data on that partition.

Instead use the CONVERT command at the Command Prompt.

Convert [Volume Letter]: /fs:ntfs

Be sure before conversion as you can not convert them back to FAT32 without
formatting.
 
rajkohli said:
The only way you can convert a partition within the Window is the
Re-Formatting the partition as it will ask you the File System. But I do not
think that it will be a good idea if you have data on that partition.

Instead use the CONVERT command at the Command Prompt.

Convert [Volume Letter]: /fs:ntfs

Be sure before conversion as you can not convert them back to FAT32 without
formatting.
Click to expand...

And before using that command ensure that you read the article by the
late Alex Nichol MVP that Carey mentioned in his reply.
http://www.aumha.org/win5/a/ntfscvt.htm

Converting a FAT32 partition to NTFS without first ensuring that the
partition boundary is properly aligned for NTFS will result in a
highly inefficient 512 byte cluster size with NTFS and that in turn
will have an adverse effect on overall disk performance.

Good luck


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=?Utf-8?B?TmljayBCZW55YW1laW4=?= said:
during installing my Windows XP pro. I selected to use FAT32 for format the
hard disk. Now after having all software installed, and the system runs
smooth, I need to convert the FAT32 to NTFS. I could not find the windows
wizard to help me do that....
Click to expand...

Use the convert util supplied with XP.
 
Nick said:
during installing my Windows XP pro. I selected to use FAT32 for format the
hard disk. Now after having all software installed, and the system runs
smooth, I need to convert the FAT32 to NTFS. I could not find the windows
wizard to help me do that....

Please help me as I need to secure my system from all respects, as it a
shared machine, and continousely hooked to the internet.

Thanks in advance.
Click to expand...



You can safely convert your current hard drive 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



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