fat 32 to ntfs

[John]

is it possible to change your hard drive from fat 32 to
ntfs without formatting the drive and loosing all data.

 

[francis gérard]

is it possible to change your hard drive from fat 32 to
ntfs without formatting the drive and loosing all data.

yes

go here and read:
http://www.microsoft.com/resources/documentation/windows/xp/all/proddocs/en-us/ntfs.mspx

 

[francis gérard]

correction:

http://www.microsoft.com/resources/...docs/en-us/convert_to_ntfs_using_command.mspx

 

[Ron Martell]

is it possible to change your hard drive from fat 32 to
ntfs without formatting the drive and loosing all data.

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."

 

[francis gérard]

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.

indeed... and thanks for that followup (again), ron. i should've remembered
from the last time we got this question.