NTFS back to Fat32

[Peter]

Hi

Is is easy to reformate a partition back to Fat32..

thx

 

[M and D]

Is the disk empty? Use your XP CD to delete the existing partition(s) and start over with NTFS.

Does the disk have data on it? I'd rather drink turpentine than convert an NTFS-formatted hard disk with data on it to FAT32, but this will do the conversion:

Symantec Partition Magic
http://www.symantec.com/home_homeoffice/products/system_performance/pm80/index.html


Steven

 

[philo]

Hi

Is is easy to reformate a partition back to Fat32..

thx

you can do so from disk management

but only if it's not the drive you have XP installed on (or boot from)
and only if it's under 32gigs...

if there is data on the drive, be sure to move it off first

 

[Bob Harris]

If the parition is under 32 Gig, then XP can do it directly, possible from
the windows level. If not, then the XP recovery console, run from the XP
CDROM can do it.

If the partition is over 32 Gig, XP will refuse to partition it as FAT32.

However, many third-party tools can do that, and XP will then be happy to
use it.

I have used Partition Magic to reformat NTFS to FAT32.

Be aware that "reformat" = "lose all data" on the partition.

If you want to change format without losing data, then a tool like Partition
Magic should be able to do it. But, the user should always backup data,
before operating on paritions in this manner. Accidents happen.

 

[Peter]

I want to have one partition with linux.. and need to go back to fat32 to do
this..


Is the disk empty? Use your XP CD to delete the existing partition(s) and
start over with NTFS.

Does the disk have data on it? I'd rather drink turpentine than convert an
NTFS-formatted hard disk with data on it to FAT32, but this will do the
conversion:

Symantec Partition Magic
http://www.symantec.com/home_homeoffice/products/system_performance/pm80/index.html


Steven