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[ken]

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I have just changed from WINDOWS 98se to Windows XP Home and I would like to
know if I can change from FAT 32 to NTFS and if so how is it done.

Thanks in advance,

Ken

 

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Click on Start/All Programs/Accessories/Command prompt and enter: convert
C: /FS:NTFS


"Ken" <kenntudd@btinternet.com> wrote in message
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I have just changed from WINDOWS 98se to Windows XP Home and I would like to
know if I can change from FAT 32 to NTFS and if so how is it done.

Thanks in advance,

Ken

 

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CONVERTING FAT32 to NTFS
in Windows XP
(by Alex Nichol, MS-MVP)
http://aumha.org/win5/a/ntfscvt.htm

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"Ken" wrote:

| I have just changed from WINDOWS 98se to Windows XP Home and I would like to
| know if I can change from FAT 32 to NTFS and if so how is it done.
|
| Thanks in advance,
|
| Ken

 

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In newsYuBe.4972$BK1.2283@newsread3.news.pas.earthlink.net,
Raoul <noname@noname.net> typed:

> Click on Start/All Programs/Accessories/Command prompt and
> enter:
> convert C: /FS:NTFS


Although that's correct, doing just that will very likely result
in 512-byte clusters instead of the normal 4K ones. That means a
loss of performance. Ken should first read
http://aumha.org/win5/a/ntfscvt.htm


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> "Ken" <kenntudd@btinternet.com> wrote in message
> news:%23aPWfIIiFHA.1948@TK2MSFTNGP12.phx.gbl...
> I have just changed from WINDOWS 98se to Windows XP Home and I
> would
> like to know if I can change from FAT 32 to NTFS and if so how
> is it
> done.
>
> Thanks in advance,
>
> Ken

 

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Duly noted.


"Ken Blake" <kblake@this.is.an.invalid.domain> wrote in message
news:%23NqcmeJiFHA.576@TK2MSFTNGP15.phx.gbl...
In newsYuBe.4972$BK1.2283@newsread3.news.pas.earthlink.net,
Raoul <noname@noname.net> typed:

> Click on Start/All Programs/Accessories/Command prompt and
> enter:
> convert C: /FS:NTFS


Although that's correct, doing just that will very likely result
in 512-byte clusters instead of the normal 4K ones. That means a
loss of performance. Ken should first read
http://aumha.org/win5/a/ntfscvt.htm


--
Ken Blake - Microsoft MVP Windows: Shell/User
Please reply to the newsgroup


> "Ken" <kenntudd@btinternet.com> wrote in message
> news:%23aPWfIIiFHA.1948@TK2MSFTNGP12.phx.gbl...
> I have just changed from WINDOWS 98se to Windows XP Home and I
> would
> like to know if I can change from FAT 32 to NTFS and if so how
> is it
> done.
>
> Thanks in advance,
>
> Ken

 

[Guest]

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Ken wrote:
> I have just changed from WINDOWS 98se to Windows XP Home and I would like to
> know if I can change from FAT 32 to NTFS and if so how is it done.
>
> Thanks in advance,
>
> Ken
>
>


You can safely convert the partition to NTFS whenever desired,
without having to format the partition and reinstall everything. As
always when performing any serious changes, back up any important data
before proceeding, just in case. A little advance preparation is also
strongly recommended, so you can avoid any performance hits caused by
the default cluster size:

Converting FAT32 to NTFS in Windows
http://www.aumha.org/a/ntfscvt.htm


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