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    Reef Shark kamilski81's Avatar
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    win xp fat32

    I have cprimary)fat32 and a created eextended partition)ntfs.
    Can I change the fat32 primary to ntfs??? How?
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    Resident Audiophile XP1800's Avatar
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    I don't think you can do this without reformatting your hard drive

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    i tihnk you can use a program called partition magic... look for a demo on the net somewhere its a really great program

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    Yes you can.
    You don't need to format. Lookup a command called "convert".
    I posted this while back... Go to here @ Microsoft's Support Site . Quite simple really... but the chances are, you will get the "error" message saying "Convert cannot gain exclusive access to the drive letter drive, so it cannot convert it now. Would you like to schedule it to be converted the next time the system restarts? "

    Just say "y" and it will do it upon next reboot.

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    What proxops-pete said. Just remember that you can not go back once you make the conversion. (Patition magic might allow you to go back to fat not sure, plus it costs money)

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