FAT32 on new PC

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Chuck Peterson

The last two machines purchased by family members have the c: partition as
FAT32. One, a few years ago was a Sony and one this week an Acer. I am
unclear why this is done, given the advantages of the NTFS.

Can I safely convert the boot partition to NTFS?

thxs
 
Chuck Peterson said:
The last two machines purchased by family members have the c: partition as FAT32. One, a few
years ago was a Sony and one this week an Acer. I am unclear why this is done, given the
advantages of the NTFS.

Can I safely convert the boot partition to NTFS?

thxs
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Yes
 
Chuck said:
The last two machines purchased by family members have the c:
partition as FAT32. One, a few years ago was a Sony and one this
week an Acer. I am unclear why this is done, given the advantages
of the NTFS.
Can I safely convert the boot partition to NTFS?
Click to expand...


Yes. To convert to NTFS, you use the CONVERT command. But first read
http://www.aumha.org/a/ntfscvt.htm because there's an issue regarding
cluster size that isn't obvious.

Also note that conversion is a big step, affecting everything on your drive.
When you take such a big step, no matter how unlikely, it is always possible
that something could go wrong. For that reason, it's prudent to make sure
you have a backup of anything you can't afford to lose before beginning.
 
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Chuck Peterson <charles.petersonxxx@comcast(removethis and
xxx).net said:
The last two machines purchased by family members have the
c: partition as FAT32. One, a few years ago was a Sony and
one this week an Acer. I am unclear why this is done,
given the advantages of the NTFS.
Can I safely convert the boot partition to NTFS?

thxs
Click to expand...

Before you go converting any of the partitions on either of
these computers you might want to check with the manufacturer.
It's possible that the method of restoring the operating system
requires a FAT32 partition.

If these systems did not come with an XP installation CD and
you convert to NTFS, there's a possibility that you may have
problems later on should you need to reinstall XP.

Good luck

Nepatsfan
 
Chuck said:
The last two machines purchased by family members have the c: partition as
FAT32. One, a few years ago was a Sony and one this week an Acer. I am
unclear why this is done, given the advantages of the NTFS.
Click to expand...


Poor planning on the part of the manufacturers, I guess.

Can I safely convert the boot partition to NTFS?
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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