ntfs convert to fat32.

[msfan]

how do i convert my second hard drive from ntfs to fat32 without hurting the
data on it and not using partition magic? i have to do it within windows
only, no other software as i don't have any and want to do this if i can
asap.

 

[D.Currie]

how do i convert my second hard drive from ntfs to fat32 without hurting the
data on it and not using partition magic? i have to do it within windows
only, no other software as i don't have any and want to do this if i can
asap.

With the restrictions you've specified, there's no way.

 

[John E. Carty]

how do i convert my second hard drive from ntfs to fat32 without hurting the
data on it and not using partition magic? i have to do it within windows
only, no other software as i don't have any and want to do this if i can
asap.

Without third-party software (like Partition Magic) you can't

 

[Ray at]

You cannot convert from NTFS to FAT*. You can only convert from FAT* to
NTFS with builtin Windows tools (convert.exe).

Ray at home

 

[Harry Ohrn]

Can you not simply copy your data from the second drive to the first hard
drive or to CD? Then you can easily reformat the second drive as FAT32 and
copy the data back.

 

[Harry Ohrn]

lol. It sounds like you have your work cut out for you.
--

Harry Ohrn MS-MVP [Shell\User]
www.webtree.ca/windowsxp

lol, first hard drive, 13gb, less then 2gb free, second drive, 40gb, has 20
gb plus on it, so nope. well yeah, i can transfer to my own pc over lan,
lol, didn't think of that, oopps, lol.

cus what i wanna do is install suse 8.2 linux from there, on my own pc, over
the lan, but, it doesn't see ntfs so it needs to be fat32, lol. geese, i
should have thot of that. copy to my own pc which has an 80gb drive and tons
of free space, lol,

but now i gotta figure out how to install over the lan suse 8.2. cus i
downloaded frpm suse ftp all files, 4gb or so.

Can you not simply copy your data from the second drive to the first hard
drive or to CD? Then you can easily reformat the second drive as FAT32 and
copy the data back.

--

Harry Ohrn MS-MVP [Shell\User]
www.webtree.ca/windowsxp

how do i convert my second hard drive from ntfs to fat32 without

hurting
the

data on it and not using partition magic? i have to do it within windows
only, no other software as i don't have any and want to do this if i can
asap.