I'm sure I've asked this before, but I'm still a little unclear about the process.

About a year ago I installed Win-XP over Win-98, by that I mean installed the Win-XP Home Upgrade version. After a few minor bug, I got everything working fine and my computer seems reasonably stable.

At the time I converted from 98 to XP I did NOT convert the files system to the XP file system NTFS.

I have a 60Gb Hard Drive partitioned into four sections; 8Gb, 15.6Gb, 15.6Gb, and 18.6Gb (rougly). I kept the C: partition (8Gb) small to keep the cluster size small, but If I convert to NTFS I won't have to be concerned about cluster size.

So, I would like to convert to NTFS and increase the first partition, and decrease the others. Say something like 12Gb, 15Gb, 15Gb, 15Gb (again, roughly).

I only install OS, drivers, and software that insists on being installed on C: on my first partition. All my other software is installed on D: drive, misc. Data storage on E:, and long term storage on F:.

That sounds nice, but I'm not sure I trust the Microsoft File Conversion program.

Has anyone tried this? How reliable is the program?

What are the chances an error will mess up my partitions and leave my whole drive unusable?

Can the conversion utility also change the partition sizes, or do I need another program for that?

Will it modify the whole drive at once, or do I have to do each partition individually?

What are the real advantages to the format conversion?

Any help or advice anyone can offer on this process would be greatly appreciated.

Again, my computer is and has been running very stable.

Abit KT7/Athlon Thunderbird 900/512Mb SDRAM

Thank for whatever help you can offer.

Steve/boyblue