FAT to NTFS

R

ram

Now I am installed windows2000 with FAT. How to change it
to NTFS without reinstalling/formatting.(Can we do it.)
 
R

Robert Mitchell [MSFT]

Hello,

Open a CMD prompt and run the CONVERT command. It will look like this....

convert <driveletter> /fs:ntfs

There is an article that covers this. It is a Windows XP article but it
works basically the same in Windows 2000.

314097 How to Use Convert.exe to Convert a Partition to the NTFS File System
http://support.microsoft.com/?id=314097

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Robert Mitchell
Windows NT4&2000 MCSE
Microsoft Enterprise Support

Search our Knowledge Base at http://support.microsoft.com/directory
Visit the Windows 2000 Homepage at
http://www.microsoft.com/windows2000/default.asp
See the Windows NT Homepage at http://www.microsoft.com/ntserver/

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