J John Aug 25, 2004 #1 is it possible to change your hard drive from fat 32 to ntfs without formatting the drive and loosing all data.
is it possible to change your hard drive from fat 32 to ntfs without formatting the drive and loosing all data.
F francis gérard Aug 25, 2004 #2 John said: is it possible to change your hard drive from fat 32 to ntfs without formatting the drive and loosing all data. Click to expand... yes go here and read: http://www.microsoft.com/resources/documentation/windows/xp/all/proddocs/en-us/ntfs.mspx
John said: is it possible to change your hard drive from fat 32 to ntfs without formatting the drive and loosing all data. Click to expand... yes go here and read: http://www.microsoft.com/resources/documentation/windows/xp/all/proddocs/en-us/ntfs.mspx
F francis gérard Aug 25, 2004 #3 correction: http://www.microsoft.com/resources/...docs/en-us/convert_to_ntfs_using_command.mspx
R Ron Martell Aug 25, 2004 #4 John said: is it possible to change your hard drive from fat 32 to ntfs without formatting the drive and loosing all data. Click to expand... Yes, but there will be cluster size issues that can adversely affect performance unless you do some preliminary work. See http://aumha.org/win5/a/ntfscvt.htm for details. Ron Martell Duncan B.C. Canada -- Microsoft MVP On-Line Help Computer Service http://onlinehelp.bc.ca "The reason computer chips are so small is computers don't eat much."
John said: is it possible to change your hard drive from fat 32 to ntfs without formatting the drive and loosing all data. Click to expand... Yes, but there will be cluster size issues that can adversely affect performance unless you do some preliminary work. See http://aumha.org/win5/a/ntfscvt.htm for details. Ron Martell Duncan B.C. Canada -- Microsoft MVP On-Line Help Computer Service http://onlinehelp.bc.ca "The reason computer chips are so small is computers don't eat much."
F francis gérard Aug 25, 2004 #5 Ron Martell said: Yes, but there will be cluster size issues that can adversely affect performance unless you do some preliminary work. See http://aumha.org/win5/a/ntfscvt.htm for details. Click to expand... indeed... and thanks for that followup (again), ron. i should've remembered from the last time we got this question.
Ron Martell said: Yes, but there will be cluster size issues that can adversely affect performance unless you do some preliminary work. See http://aumha.org/win5/a/ntfscvt.htm for details. Click to expand... indeed... and thanks for that followup (again), ron. i should've remembered from the last time we got this question.
