upgrading Win98 to Xp

[Guest]

i upgraded win98 to XP pro (as recommeded). XP installed ok but it didn't
convert to NTFS. will it only allow you to convert durring a "new" or
"clean" install??

 

[Guest]

You need to tell it to convert the file system. You can do it manually after
backing up your system. The command is convert c: /FS:NTFS if the drive you
want to convert is your c: drive. If it is another drive, change the letter
to the appropriate letter.

 

[Carey Frisch [MVP]]

There is no option to convert to NTFS when upgrading
from Windows 98 to Windows XP. You'll have to perform
the NTFS conversion after performing the upgrade.

Please review the following:

Converting FAT32 to NTFS in Windows XP
http://aumha.org/win5/a/ntfscvt.htm

[Courtesy of MS-MVP Alex Nichol]

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| i upgraded win98 to XP pro (as recommeded). XP installed ok but it didn't
| convert to NTFS. will it only allow you to convert durring a "new" or
| "clean" install??

 

[Tim Slattery]

i upgraded win98 to XP pro (as recommeded). XP installed ok but it didn't
convert to NTFS. will it only allow you to convert durring a "new" or
"clean" install??

Upgrading from Win98 to XP does not automatically convert your
partitions to NTFS. TO do that you need to run the convert utility.
Open a console window (or "DOS Box") and type:

convert /?

That will show you how to run the utility

 

[Ken Blake]

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i upgraded win98 to XP pro (as recommeded). XP installed ok
but it
didn't convert to NTFS.

Correct. That's not an option.

will it only allow you to convert durring a
"new" or "clean" install??

Not exactly. Since a clean installation starts from scratch,
there's nothing to convert. If you want NTFS, you just tell the
clean installation to reformat as NTFS.

You can convert to NTFS now. You use the CONVERT command. But
first read http://www.aumha.org/a/ntfscvt.htm because there's an
issue regarding cluster size that isn't obvious.

Also note that conversion is a big step, affecting everything on
your drive. When you take such a big step, no matter how
unlikely, it is always possible that something could go wrong.
For that reason, it's prudent to make sure you have a backup of
anything you can't afford to lose before beginning.