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>> "lacieboy" wrote:
>>
>> | Been in Dos and can't seem to do it right. Need to convert my
>> External
>> | Seagate H/D from Fat to NFTS. Can Anybody tell me how?
> "Carey Frisch [MVP]" <cnfrisch@nospamgmail.com> wrote in message
> news:euZvOkpKFHA.436@TK2MSFTNGP09.phx.gbl...
>> 1. Right-click on MY COMPUTER and select MANAGE.
>> 2. Click on DISK MANAGEMENT.
>> 3. Right-click on your external drive and select FORMAT.
>> 4. Select NTFS from the File System pull-down menu.
>> 5. Click on OK.
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>> Carey Frisch
>> Microsoft MVP
>> Windows XP - Shell/User
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"Walter Clayton" <w-claytonNO@SPmvps.AMorg> wrote in message
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> Won't work if the driver is large than 32G. ;-)
> --
> Walter Clayton
> Any technology distinguishable from magic is insufficiently advanced.
>
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First of all, I'm not sure why there's a "need" to convert the file system
on a USB/Firewire external hard drive from FAT32 to NTFS. As a matter of
fact, there's an *advantage* of employing the FAT32 file system on an EHD in
the event a Win9x/Me OS will need to access that external drive. And to the
best of my knowledge there's no particular performance/security advantage to
the NTFS system insofar as it relates to a EHD.
But setting that aside...
I'm assuming that the OP's EHD contains programs & data that he wants to
retain and convert to NTFS. So, if that is so, Carey's recommendation to
format the EHD in NTFS will work, of course, but it's goodbye to all the
contents on that disk. (On the other hand, if the OP is uninterested in
saving that data, then Carey's recommendation is the way to go.)
To the best of my knowledge you cannot use the convert command in an XP
environment to convert an EHD. However, it sounds like the OP has his
Seagate HD in a USB external enclosure. If so, presumably he can remove it
and temporarily install it in his desktop computer and at the command prompt
enter "convert e: /fs:ntfs" (no quotes and assuming e: is the HD to be
converted) to perform the conversion from FAT32 to NTFS. Then return the HD
to his USB enclosure.
(Aside to Walter Clayton: Your reference to the 32 GB limitation refers to
the inability of XP to create FAT32 partitions > 32 GB.)
Anna
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