Reformatting a hard drive.

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I run WinXP Home and have a external hard drive with FAT32 format .I wish to
change this to NTFS: how do I do this? Suggestions/ help please. Thanks.
 
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ta-dah.. now you have a bunch of tools to play with :).
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Marcdb said:
I run WinXP Home and have a external hard drive with FAT32 format
.I wish to change this to NTFS: how do I do this? Suggestions/ help
please. Thanks.
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Start --> RUN --> cmd /k "convert /?" --> OK
 
Marcdb said:
I run WinXP Home and have a external hard drive with FAT32 format .I wish
to change this to NTFS: how do I do this? Suggestions/ help please.
Thanks.
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Right-click on My Computer, choose Manage, click on Disk management,
right-click on the drive and choose Format. You will be given options to
format in NTFS.

HTH
 
If there is nothing of value then re-format using The Disk Management
option. If you need to keep the files on this drive then use the Convert
option (although I would make a backup first, just in case).

JS
 
Marcdb said:
I run WinXP Home and have a external hard drive with FAT32 format .I wish to
change this to NTFS: how do I do this? Suggestions/ help please. Thanks.
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Converting a FAT32 drive to NTFS can result in an inefficient cluster
size. See the article by the late Alex Nichol MVP at
http://www.aumha.org/win5/a/ntfscvt.htm


Best procedure is to wipe out the existing FAT32 partition and then
create a new NTFS one, using Disk Management.

Good luck

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Right-click on My Computer, choose Manage, click on Disk management,
right-click on the drive and choose Format. You will be given options to
format in NTFS.

HTH
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Idiot.

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=?Utf-8?B?TWFyY2Ri?= said:
I run WinXP Home and have a external hard drive with FAT32 format .I wish to
change this to NTFS: how do I do this? Suggestions/ help please. Thanks.
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Use the convert utility.
 
The OP wants to CONVERT from FAT32 to NTFS and you are suggesting he
reformat his hard drive. I'll repeat ... idiot.
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If you carefully read the title of this post, you'll find what
"reformating" means

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NoStop wrote:

The OP wants to CONVERT from FAT32 to NTFS and you are suggesting he
reformat his hard drive. I'll repeat ... idiot.
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Umm NO. The title of this thread, in case your are COMPLETELY illiterate
is ""REFORMATTING a hard drive". Nowhere is "converting" even mentioned.

You are a total jerk.
 
Gordon said:
NoStop wrote:



Umm NO. The title of this thread, in case your are COMPLETELY illiterate
is ""REFORMATTING a hard drive". Nowhere is "converting" even mentioned.

You are a total jerk.
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OP's original post:

I run WinXP Home and have a external hard drive with FAT32 format .I
wish to
change this to NTFS: how do I do this? Suggestions/ help please. Thanks.
-- Marcdb

Alias
 
--Alias-- said:
OP's original post:

I run WinXP Home and have a external hard drive with FAT32 format .I
wish to
change this to NTFS: how do I do this? Suggestions/ help please. Thanks.
-- Marcdb

Alias
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then he could do either couldn't he?
 
Gordon said:
then he could do either couldn't he?
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Yes, he could.

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Bruce said:
Yes, he could.
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So my response to NoStop telling me I was an idiot for giving the method of
reformatting (as in the subject of the post) still stands.
 
NoStop wrote:



Umm NO. The title of this thread, in case your are COMPLETELY illiterate
is ""REFORMATTING a hard drive". Nowhere is "converting" even mentioned.

You are a total jerk.
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Never mind the title. The OP is obviously as clueless as you. Don't you read
the damn body of these posting? He wanted a way to CONVERT from FAT32 to
NTFS. I might be a jerk, but at least I can read a ****ing message and
understand what is being asked. You have proved that you cannot.


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