How can I convert a NTFS disk to FAT32

[User66]

I have an 80 Gig drive that I need to convert from
NTFS to FAT32. Is there any easy way to do that?
Any help will be highly appreciated.

[ P.S. I am using a dual boot PC with C: drive,
formatted as FAT32 and Win98SE is loaded
on it, but the D: drive is formatted as NTFS and
WinXP Pro is loaded on it. I am unable to use
the D: drive while I boot with Win98SE, although
I can use both drives from XP. I am sure I have
to re-load the WinXP Pro, if I can convert the
drive from NTFS to FAT32....]

 

[Codswallop]

I have an 80 Gig drive that I need to convert from
NTFS to FAT32. Is there any easy way to do that?
Any help will be highly appreciated.

[ P.S. I am using a dual boot PC with C: drive,
formatted as FAT32 and Win98SE is loaded
on it, but the D: drive is formatted as NTFS and
WinXP Pro is loaded on it. I am unable to use
the D: drive while I boot with Win98SE, although
I can use both drives from XP. I am sure I have
to re-load the WinXP Pro, if I can convert the
drive from NTFS to FAT32....]

http://www.google.co.uk/search?hl=en&q=convert+NTFS+to+FAT32&btnG=Google+Search&meta=

 

[Bert Kinney]

Hi,

A better solution could be one of these utilities.

NTFS for Windows 98 v2.0 Read-Only
Yet another first from Sysinternals: a full-blown NTFS file system driver for
Windows 95/98!
http://www.sysinternals.com/FileAndDiskUtilities.html

NTFSDOS Professional v4.01
Full read/write access to NTFS drives from DOS! Download this free read-only
version.
http://www.sysinternals.com/FileAndDiskUtilities.html

 

[User66]

Thank you. I have gone through Google, before I posted
this. Didn't find something that works, specially,
when the drive is larger than 40 Meg. I will look
little further. Thanks again.

I have an 80 Gig drive that I need to convert from
NTFS to FAT32. Is there any easy way to do that?
Any help will be highly appreciated.

[ P.S. I am using a dual boot PC with C: drive,
formatted as FAT32 and Win98SE is loaded
on it, but the D: drive is formatted as NTFS and
WinXP Pro is loaded on it. I am unable to use
the D: drive while I boot with Win98SE, although
I can use both drives from XP. I am sure I have
to re-load the WinXP Pro, if I can convert the
drive from NTFS to FAT32....]

http://www.google.co.uk/search?hl=en&q=convert+NTFS+to+FAT32&btnG=Google+Search&meta=

 

[User66]

Thanks for the postings. I am actually looking for
a converter that converts a drive from NTFS to
FAT32 or FAT16.

Last night after this posting, I did try some steps -
1. Boot from a Win98 Bootable Floppy.
2. Run FDISK
3. I was able to partial conversion of the drive to FAT16.
But the remaining large section stayed on NTFS.
4. It seems like, if I can use XP 'Disk management'
and 'delete partition', then I can re-format the drive
in FAT32. But, I cannot do that to the XP boot
drive or the primary working drive of XP.

Does that mean that I need to load XP on a third drive,
so that it can dis-lodge the non primary drive, which then
can be converted to whatever type we like it to be ?

Any comments ?

Hi,

A better solution could be one of these utilities.

NTFS for Windows 98 v2.0 Read-Only
Yet another first from Sysinternals: a full-blown NTFS file system driver for Windows 95/98!
http://www.sysinternals.com/FileAndDiskUtilities.html

NTFSDOS Professional v4.01
Full read/write access to NTFS drives from DOS! Download this free read-only version.
http://www.sysinternals.com/FileAndDiskUtilities.html

--
Regards,
Bert Kinney MS-MVP Shell/User
http://bertk.mvps.org
Member: http://dts-l.org

I have an 80 Gig drive that I need to convert from
NTFS to FAT32. Is there any easy way to do that?
Any help will be highly appreciated.

[ P.S. I am using a dual boot PC with C: drive,
formatted as FAT32 and Win98SE is loaded
on it, but the D: drive is formatted as NTFS and
WinXP Pro is loaded on it. I am unable to use
the D: drive while I boot with Win98SE, although
I can use both drives from XP. I am sure I have
to re-load the WinXP Pro, if I can convert the
drive from NTFS to FAT32....]

 

[Ken Blake, MVP]

I have an 80 Gig drive that I need to convert from
NTFS to FAT32. Is there any easy way to do that?
Any help will be highly appreciated.

[ P.S. I am using a dual boot PC with C: drive,
formatted as FAT32 and Win98SE is loaded
on it, but the D: drive is formatted as NTFS and
WinXP Pro is loaded on it. I am unable to use
the D: drive while I boot with Win98SE, although
I can use both drives from XP. I am sure I have
to re-load the WinXP Pro, if I can convert the
drive from NTFS to FAT32....]

Windows provides no way to do this. Short of reformatting the drive and
starting over, the only way to do what you want is with a third-party
utility like Partition Magic.

 

[Gerry Cornell]

40 mb? Surely you mean 40 gb!

--

~~~~

Gerry

~~~~~~~~
Enquire, plan and execute.
Stourport, England
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

Thank you. I have gone through Google, before I posted
this. Didn't find something that works, specially,
when the drive is larger than 40 Meg. I will look
little further. Thanks again.

I have an 80 Gig drive that I need to convert from
NTFS to FAT32. Is there any easy way to do that?
Any help will be highly appreciated.

[ P.S. I am using a dual boot PC with C: drive,
formatted as FAT32 and Win98SE is loaded
on it, but the D: drive is formatted as NTFS and
WinXP Pro is loaded on it. I am unable to use
the D: drive while I boot with Win98SE, although
I can use both drives from XP. I am sure I have
to re-load the WinXP Pro, if I can convert the
drive from NTFS to FAT32....]

http://www.google.co.uk/search?hl=en&q=convert+NTFS+to+FAT32&btnG=Google+Search&meta=

 

[User66]

Yes 40 Gig

40 mb? Surely you mean 40 gb!

--

~~~~

Gerry

~~~~~~~~
Enquire, plan and execute.
Stourport, England
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

Thank you. I have gone through Google, before I posted
this. Didn't find something that works, specially,
when the drive is larger than 40 Meg. I will look
little further. Thanks again.

:
I have an 80 Gig drive that I need to convert from
NTFS to FAT32. Is there any easy way to do that?
Any help will be highly appreciated.

[ P.S. I am using a dual boot PC with C: drive,
formatted as FAT32 and Win98SE is loaded
on it, but the D: drive is formatted as NTFS and
WinXP Pro is loaded on it. I am unable to use
the D: drive while I boot with Win98SE, although
I can use both drives from XP. I am sure I have
to re-load the WinXP Pro, if I can convert the
drive from NTFS to FAT32....]

http://www.google.co.uk/search?hl=en&q=convert+NTFS+to+FAT32&btnG=Google+Search&meta=

 

[User66]

I have an 80 Gig drive that I need to convert from
NTFS to FAT32. Is there any easy way to do that?
Any help will be highly appreciated.

[ P.S. I am using a dual boot PC with C: drive,
formatted as FAT32 and Win98SE is loaded
on it, but the D: drive is formatted as NTFS and
WinXP Pro is loaded on it. I am unable to use
the D: drive while I boot with Win98SE, although
I can use both drives from XP. I am sure I have
to re-load the WinXP Pro, if I can convert the
drive from NTFS to FAT32....]

Windows provides no way to do this. Short of reformatting the drive and starting over, the only way to do what you
want is with a third-party utility like Partition Magic.

I had to remove the drive and load it on another
PC, as the D: drive. I used XP 'Disk management'
and 'delete partition', then re-loaded the drive back to
my PC.

I was able to re-format the drive in FAT32. under
Win98 and reload XP Pro.

Thank you for the comments.