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In news:%23KhxK13bFHA.3912@TK2MSFTNGP15.phx.gbl,
Chuck Davis <newsgroup at anthemwebs dot com> typed:
> "WKBill" <WKBill@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> news:2CE6093B-4637-4FD7-9E4A-1B3BEB30BB5B@microsoft.com...
>> Does Windows XP Home use NTFS, or only FAT32? Looking through
>> the
>> info on the
>> Microsoft website, it mentoins that XP Home does not include
>> the
>> security encryption for NTFS, but doesn't actually say
>> whether Home
>> can use NTFS. Thanks!
> I kept waiting for someone to tell WKBill how to convert his
> drive to
> NTFS. XP Help provides this:
I'm not at all sure that WKBill wanted to convert his drive to
NTFS, but just in case he did, the information you presented
omits an important consideration. He should first read
http://www.aumha.org/a/ntfscvt.htm because there's an issue
regarding cluster size that isn't obvious.
--
Ken Blake - Microsoft MVP Windows: Shell/User
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> To convert a volume to NTFS from the command prompt
>
> 1.. Open the Command Prompt window.
> 2.. 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
>
> a.. To open a command prompt, click Start, point to All
> Programs,
> point to Accessories, and then click Command Prompt.
> b.. You can convert FAT or FAT32 volumes to NTFS with this
> command.
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