HDD formatting NFTS and FAT32

[george]

>-----Original Message-----
>My C drive holds my Operating sys and was changed to NFTS
>when I upgraded to XP.
>
>My D drive is still in FAT32 format - do I need to change
>it over and if so can I do without losing the data held
>upon it?
>
>Thanks
>.
>hi Matthew,
Since you can read drive D(fat32) from C(ntfs) you dont
need to convert the drive D from fat32 to ntfs.But if the
other issue is securty, then you will need to convert
drive D also to ntfs. however, you will loose the data on
drive D if convert.
hope it helped

George

[R. C. White]

Hi, George.

> however, you will loose the data on
> drive D if convert.

No, you won't. At least, the documents say you won't. And in my
experience, no data was lost.

Of course, it's always better to have a backup, but convert.exe is not
usually a risky operation.

RC
--
R. C. White, CPA
San Marcos, TX

Microsoft Windows MVP

"george" > wrote in message
...
>
> >-----Original Message-----
> >My C drive holds my Operating sys and was changed to NFTS
> >when I upgraded to XP.
> >
> >My D drive is still in FAT32 format - do I need to change
> >it over and if so can I do without losing the data held
> >upon it?
> >
> >Thanks
> >.
> >hi Matthew,
> Since you can read drive D(fat32) from C(ntfs) you dont
> need to convert the drive D from fat32 to ntfs.But if the
> other issue is securty, then you will need to convert
> drive D also to ntfs. however, you will loose the data on
> drive D if convert.
> hope it helped
>
> George