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  1. December 15th, 2007, 05:55 AM #1
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    [XP] FAT32 to NTFS

    I'm using FAT32 file system and I wanna change it to NTFS w/o losing the data I have on my HDD. Is this possible?
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    The following is from XP's built in Help File. ***Note - you should backup important info since this is a major task...It works 99.99% of the time.


    To convert a volume to NTFS from the command prompt
    Open the Command Prompt window.
    In the command prompt window, type
    convert drive_letter: /fs:ntfs

    For example, typing convert D: /fs:ntfs would format drive D: with the ntfs format.

    Notes

    To open a command prompt, click Start, point to All Programs, point to Accessories, and then click Command Prompt.
    You can convert FAT or FAT32 volumes to NTFS with this command.
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  3. December 15th, 2007, 06:10 AM #3
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    How to convert a FAT16 volume or a FAT32 volume to an NTFS file system in Windows XP
    http://support.microsoft.com/kb/307881
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  4. December 15th, 2007, 11:48 AM #4
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    Have a read of this article first, so that you don't end up with 512 byte clusters:

    Converting FAT32 to NTFS
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