FAT32 Conversion to NTFS

[John Myers]

They are two different file structure systems. You can
copy files from a FAT32 drive onto a NTFS drive but you
cannot directly convert them as you must (re)format a hard
drive with NTFS.

Other than that... the PC has been much more stable since
it was switched to NTFS.

>-----Original Message-----
>I'm thinking of converting to NTFS from Fat32. Has anyone
>done it and if you did were your files intact after the
>conversion. Thanks for any comments.
>.
>

[Ron Martell]

"John Myers" > wrote:

>They are two different file structure systems. You can
>copy files from a FAT32 drive onto a NTFS drive but you
>cannot directly convert them as you must (re)format a hard
>drive with NTFS.

That is not correct.

Conversion from FAT32 to NTFS can be done quite easily and reliably
with the CONVERT utility that comes with Windows XP. Or you can do it
with a third party utility program such as Partition Magic from Power
Quest.

Using Partition Magic also gives you the ability to realign the
partition so as to avoid the 512 byte cluster situation with NTFS.


Ron Martell Duncan B.C. Canada
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