Problems converting Fat 32 to NTFS

W

Willy

I am running Windows XP Home. When I go to the command prompt and type in
the command to convert my hard drive to the NTFS format, I get the following
error message:
C:\Documents and Settings>CONVERT c:/fs:ntfs
'CONVERT' is not recognized as an internal or external command,
operable program or batch file.
I have tried lower case, starting clean at command prompt, etc. Any ideas?
Thanks.
 
E

Emmers Presson [MSFT]

Hi,
The file Convert.exe should be in the %systemroot%\System32 folder. For
example, if you installed Windows XP into the c:\windows folder, the file
Convert.exe should be located in c:\windows\system32. You may want to try
the Search command from the Start menu to search for Convert.exe to make
sure the file exists. If the Search does not find the file, you can use the
MSConfig.exe program to expand the compressed file Convert.ex_ from the
Windows XP CD.



Click on Start, click Run, type in "msconfig" (without quotes), click OK,
click

Expand File. In File to Restore: type the name of the file to be replaced.
In the

Restore from box: if there is no path, then click Browse, and browse to the

location of the file. In the Save file in box: if there is no path, then
click

Browse, and browse to where the file is supposed to be found.


The correct command is the following:

convert c: /ds:ntfs
 

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