F
Frank
OK, I have tried three times "convert c: /fs:ntfs" under the command prompt.
Each time the system reboots I am still at FAT32
Ideas?
Each time the system reboots I am still at FAT32
Ideas?
D
David H. Lipman
From: "Frank" <[email protected]>
| OK, I have tried three times "convert c: /fs:ntfs" under the command prompt.
| Each time the system reboots I am still at FAT32
|
| Ideas?
Please don't Multi-Post.
Please learn to Cross-Post to pertinent, On Topic, News Groups instead.
| OK, I have tried three times "convert c: /fs:ntfs" under the command prompt.
| Each time the system reboots I am still at FAT32
|
| Ideas?
Please don't Multi-Post.
Please learn to Cross-Post to pertinent, On Topic, News Groups instead.
J
John H Meyers
On Thu, 31 Jan 2008 20:49:36 -0600, David H. Lipman wrote:
| OK, I have tried three times "convert c: /fs:ntfs" under the command prompt.
| Each time the system reboots I am still at FAT32
That was so nice to take the time (and space) to point out,
as nice as the firemen who bothered to come over to our burning house
the other day, just to say "you really should have used
more brick and less wood," and then drove away.
To Frank:
Did you get a set of results like this:
http://www.mvps.org/marksxp/WindowsXP/fatntfs.php
If not, the following may be informative:
"Free Space Required to Convert FAT to NTFS"
(actually explains the entire conversion process, in detail)
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/156560
"How to convert a FAT16 volume or a FAT32 volume
to an NTFS file system in Windows XP"
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/307881
HTH
| OK, I have tried three times "convert c: /fs:ntfs" under the command prompt.
| Each time the system reboots I am still at FAT32
That was so nice to take the time (and space) to point out,
as nice as the firemen who bothered to come over to our burning house
the other day, just to say "you really should have used
more brick and less wood," and then drove away.
To Frank:
Did you get a set of results like this:
http://www.mvps.org/marksxp/WindowsXP/fatntfs.php
If not, the following may be informative:
"Free Space Required to Convert FAT to NTFS"
(actually explains the entire conversion process, in detail)
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/156560
"How to convert a FAT16 volume or a FAT32 volume
to an NTFS file system in Windows XP"
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/307881
HTH
J
John H Meyers
To Frank:
Also see (best before you start converting
http://aumha.org/win5/a/ntfscvt.htm
(as mentioned in an earlier thread)
And then...
--
Also see (best before you start converting
http://aumha.org/win5/a/ntfscvt.htm
(as mentioned in an earlier thread)
And then...
--
J
John John
John said:
Multi-posting wastes everybody's time and reduces the the poster's
chances of getting better and more accurate help. It breaks the helpers
efforts in a patchwork of disconnected efforts, when a post is properly
crossposted a reader in another group may read a reply and then add
supporting points or additional supporting information, or even correct
inaccurate information. With multi-posting none of that happens, it is
truly a waste of everybody's time, not to mention that a lot of helpers
who can often offer very valuable help will simply skip overs these
posts because they don't have time to waste repeating what others may
have already said in another group.
Many of the new or first time posters to these groups don't know or
don't understand the difference between the two different posting
methods, it is in the poster's best interest than someone make them
aware of the difference, David's post was polite and well meant and will
serve to make the poster aware of the difference.
John
J
John H Meyers
[re multi-posting, cross-posting]
Thank you, John John, for your thoughtful reply;
hope to add short but perhaps useful note:
Sometimes someone just realizes there is more appropriate group
(this one looked appropriate to me for this question),
but has already posted to another, too late to amend.
Anyone choosing to answer and knowing about a second post
could choose to fix by expanding groups in answer,
just as if OP had done so to begin with;
others who think "belongs in B, not A"
can set follow-up to narrow to best group
(some "related" groups hate cross-posting just as much
If both groups just give same netiquette counseling as only answer,
then no one gets anything, neither OP nor onlookers seeking education,
and reponder also does not get satisfaction of offering topical knowledge,
so I always think that if one replies at all, should have something
directed towards solving problem or giving out satisfying knowledge
(or at least a good joke
and give other advice on formalities as an aside.
General thought is to try to be encouraging,
"just a spoonful of sugar makes the medicine go down"
TX agn.
Thank you, John John, for your thoughtful reply;
hope to add short but perhaps useful note:
Sometimes someone just realizes there is more appropriate group
(this one looked appropriate to me for this question),
but has already posted to another, too late to amend.
Anyone choosing to answer and knowing about a second post
could choose to fix by expanding groups in answer,
just as if OP had done so to begin with;
others who think "belongs in B, not A"
can set follow-up to narrow to best group
(some "related" groups hate cross-posting just as much
If both groups just give same netiquette counseling as only answer,
then no one gets anything, neither OP nor onlookers seeking education,
and reponder also does not get satisfaction of offering topical knowledge,
so I always think that if one replies at all, should have something
directed towards solving problem or giving out satisfying knowledge
(or at least a good joke
and give other advice on formalities as an aside.
General thought is to try to be encouraging,
"just a spoonful of sugar makes the medicine go down"
TX agn.
B
Benedictum
Here's how a good "parent" would do it. So a "child" makes a mistake, you
just don't admonish him. You give him a little lecture but you still help
the errant child. That way he will thank you for pointing out the mistake
and thank you more for the help. ---end of subject. bye!
just don't admonish him. You give him a little lecture but you still help
the errant child. That way he will thank you for pointing out the mistake
and thank you more for the help. ---end of subject. bye!
F
Frank
AT age 69 I feel as though I have been taken out behind the woodshed and
gotten a good spanking.
So, with all the lectures now behind us, do we have any good answers?
In the other forum I did get a hint
I had changed out hard drive (went to a bigger one) as that person
suggested that the Volume ID's were different than register with XP....
So, I mounted the old drive and checked the ID's and they matched
because I had re-loaded with Trueimage.
So, back to square one "convert c: /fs:ntfs" still keeps me at FAT32.
(I even booted to the DOS prompt and it did not work)
gotten a good spanking.
So, with all the lectures now behind us, do we have any good answers?
In the other forum I did get a hint
I had changed out hard drive (went to a bigger one) as that person
suggested that the Volume ID's were different than register with XP....
So, I mounted the old drive and checked the ID's and they matched
because I had re-loaded with Trueimage.
So, back to square one "convert c: /fs:ntfs" still keeps me at FAT32.
(I even booted to the DOS prompt and it did not work)
Here's how a good "parent" would do it. So a "child" makes a mistake, you
just don't admonish him. You give him a little lecture but you still help
the errant child. That way he will thank you for pointing out the mistake
and thank you more for the help. ---end of subject. bye!
John H Meyers said:[re multi-posting, cross-posting]
Thank you, John John, for your thoughtful reply;
hope to add short but perhaps useful note:
Sometimes someone just realizes there is more appropriate group
(this one looked appropriate to me for this question),
but has already posted to another, too late to amend.
Anyone choosing to answer and knowing about a second post
could choose to fix by expanding groups in answer,
just as if OP had done so to begin with;
others who think "belongs in B, not A"
can set follow-up to narrow to best group
(some "related" groups hate cross-posting just as much
If both groups just give same netiquette counseling as only answer,
then no one gets anything, neither OP nor onlookers seeking education,
and reponder also does not get satisfaction of offering topical knowledge,
so I always think that if one replies at all, should have something
directed towards solving problem or giving out satisfying knowledge
(or at least a good joke
and give other advice on formalities as an aside.
General thought is to try to be encouraging,
"just a spoonful of sugar makes the medicine go down"
TX agn.
C
Colin Barnhorst
You should be getting a message that you need to reboot and on rebooting you
should see a screen similar to the one you get when you run chkdsk on the
system volume. Are you seeing any messages to indicate that convert is
actually at work? Are you confirming any prompts to unmount the volume?
should see a screen similar to the one you get when you run chkdsk on the
system volume. Are you seeing any messages to indicate that convert is
actually at work? Are you confirming any prompts to unmount the volume?
Frank said:AT age 69 I feel as though I have been taken out behind the woodshed and
gotten a good spanking.
So, with all the lectures now behind us, do we have any good answers?
In the other forum I did get a hint
I had changed out hard drive (went to a bigger one) as that person
suggested that the Volume ID's were different than register with XP....
So, I mounted the old drive and checked the ID's and they matched because
I had re-loaded with Trueimage.
So, back to square one "convert c: /fs:ntfs" still keeps me at FAT32.
(I even booted to the DOS prompt and it did not work)
Here's how a good "parent" would do it. So a "child" makes a mistake, you
just don't admonish him. You give him a little lecture but you still help
the errant child. That way he will thank you for pointing out the mistake
and thank you more for the help. ---end of subject. bye!
John H Meyers said:[re multi-posting, cross-posting]
Thank you, John John, for your thoughtful reply;
hope to add short but perhaps useful note:
Sometimes someone just realizes there is more appropriate group
(this one looked appropriate to me for this question),
but has already posted to another, too late to amend.
Anyone choosing to answer and knowing about a second post
could choose to fix by expanding groups in answer,
just as if OP had done so to begin with;
others who think "belongs in B, not A"
can set follow-up to narrow to best group
(some "related" groups hate cross-posting just as much
If both groups just give same netiquette counseling as only answer,
then no one gets anything, neither OP nor onlookers seeking education,
and reponder also does not get satisfaction of offering topical
knowledge,
so I always think that if one replies at all, should have something
directed towards solving problem or giving out satisfying knowledge
(or at least a good joke
and give other advice on formalities as an aside.
General thought is to try to be encouraging,
"just a spoonful of sugar makes the medicine go down"
TX agn.
J
John John
Look for details in the Event Viewer in the application log under
WINLOGON. The application log will list the cause of the convert failure.
John
WINLOGON. The application log will list the cause of the convert failure.
John
AT age 69 I feel as though I have been taken out behind the woodshed and
gotten a good spanking.
So, with all the lectures now behind us, do we have any good answers?
In the other forum I did get a hint
I had changed out hard drive (went to a bigger one) as that person
suggested that the Volume ID's were different than register with XP....
So, I mounted the old drive and checked the ID's and they matched
because I had re-loaded with Trueimage.
So, back to square one "convert c: /fs:ntfs" still keeps me at FAT32.
(I even booted to the DOS prompt and it did not work)
Here's how a good "parent" would do it. So a "child" makes a mistake,
you just don't admonish him. You give him a little lecture but you
still help the errant child. That way he will thank you for pointing
out the mistake and thank you more for the help. ---end of subject. bye!
[re multi-posting, cross-posting]
Thank you, John John, for your thoughtful reply;
hope to add short but perhaps useful note:
Sometimes someone just realizes there is more appropriate group
(this one looked appropriate to me for this question),
but has already posted to another, too late to amend.
Anyone choosing to answer and knowing about a second post
could choose to fix by expanding groups in answer,
just as if OP had done so to begin with;
others who think "belongs in B, not A"
can set follow-up to narrow to best group
(some "related" groups hate cross-posting just as much
If both groups just give same netiquette counseling as only answer,
then no one gets anything, neither OP nor onlookers seeking education,
and reponder also does not get satisfaction of offering topical
knowledge,
so I always think that if one replies at all, should have something
directed towards solving problem or giving out satisfying knowledge
(or at least a good joke
and give other advice on formalities as an aside.
General thought is to try to be encouraging,
"just a spoonful of sugar makes the medicine go down"
TX agn.