NTFC and FAT32

[Jagermeister]

Ok, my little HDD is FAT32 whilst my main one is NTFS, if I format the smaller one into NTFS will it screw anything up? Will it make transfer between the drives faster?

Thanks.

[Steve R Jones]

I change like that has the possibilities of destroying all your files. But it’s generally a piece of cake to convert. File transfers will be better but it’s not going to knock your socks off.

[toastbim]

i have converted many drives to ntfs and i have never encountered any problems.
just use the convert command from dos window.

[Captain Hook]

I am in the same boat, except that I just did a fresh install of windows xp pro on my AMD system. I split the drive (fresh format) into two sections and windows made the first section ntfs as I installed on it. Now I want to make the second part ntfs too, how do I do that?

[Un4given]

Originally posted by Captain Hook
I am in the same boat, except that I just did a fresh install of windows xp pro on my AMD system. I split the drive (fresh format) into two sections and windows made the first section ntfs as I installed on it. Now I want to make the second part ntfs too, how do I do that?

Open up a command prompt and type:

convert [drive:] /fs:ntfs

Where [drive:] is the drive letter to be converted.

[SeaDonkey]

Originally posted by Un4given
Open up a command prompt and type:

convert [drive:] /fs:ntfs

Where [drive:] is the drive letter to be converted


Would this be safe/posible on the drive that was running the OS. Say I had XP on a fat32 but I want to take it to NTFC, can I with this command or should I use PM.

[SkyDog]

Yes, it works on the drive that has the OS on it. The command will say that it cannot lock the drive to perform the operation and will ask if you want to convert upon the next reboot.