Upgrade from Win 98 SE to XP Home

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I have successfully upgraded to XP Home from Win 98 SE but
the hard drive is still FAT. I know an install with a
full version of XP will install using NTFS, but how can I
get the upgrade version of XP Home to change to NTFS?
 
Converting FAT32 to NTFS in Windows XP
http://aumha.org/win5/a/ntfscvt.htm

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| I have successfully upgraded to XP Home from Win 98 SE but
| the hard drive is still FAT. I know an install with a
| full version of XP will install using NTFS, but how can I
| get the upgrade version of XP Home to change to NTFS?
 
You need to go to the command prompt and type convert
c: /fs:ntfs


this should do the trick. You may need to dismount the
drive on reboot though it will prompt you
 
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Matt said:
I have successfully upgraded to XP Home from Win 98 SE but
the hard drive is still FAT. I know an install with a
full version of XP will install using NTFS, but how can I
get the upgrade version of XP Home to change to NTFS?
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Issue this command from the Start | Run line:

Convert C: /FS:NTFS

But there's a potential performance issue. First read

http://aumha.org/win5/a/ntfscvt.htm
 
Sure does!

Tom
| ? XP Home supports ntfs?
| | > In | > Matt <[email protected]> typed:
| >
| > > I have successfully upgraded to XP Home from Win 98 SE but
| > > the hard drive is still FAT. I know an install with a
| > > full version of XP will install using NTFS, but how can I
| > > get the upgrade version of XP Home to change to NTFS?
| >
| >
| > Issue this command from the Start | Run line:
| >
| > Convert C: /FS:NTFS
| >
| > But there's a potential performance issue. First read
| >
| > http://aumha.org/win5/a/ntfscvt.htm
| >
| > --
| > Ken Blake - Microsoft MVP Windows: Shell/User
| > Please reply to the newsgroup
|
|
 
Greetings --

You can safely convert your hard drive to NTFS whenever desired,
without having to format the partition and reinstall everything. As
always when performing any serious changes, back up any important data
before proceeding, just in case. A little advance preparation is also
strongly recommended, so you can avoid any performance hits caused by
the default cluster size:

Converting FAT32 to NTFS in Windows
http://www.aumha.org/a/ntfscvt.htm


Bruce Chambers

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I've just done a convert from fat 32 to ntfs which ran (almost)
smoothly - i lost one program which had to be reinstalled but now
works ok. I would take the precaution of backing up any critical data
though. The main improvements i've found are faster startup times and
a big improvement in the time taken to defragment - my main partition
is 40gb, used to take 2-3 hrs now can defrag in 20mins!
 
Did you only type in
Convert C: /FS:NTF
I'm wondering if you bought that Bootitng program or if you just converted your FAT32 without doing it. I don't really have anything important on my computer so I was wondering if that is necessary.
 
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