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More info?)
convert ?: /fs:ntfs where ? is the drive letter you wish to convert. At
least 15% free space needed
It _SHOULDN'T_ destroy anything, but, better safe than sorry, make a backup
anyway..
(I image my HDs to an external FAT32 drive with Acronis TI8,and it parts
them into 4GB (4 194 304 KB) chunks)
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"JayMan" <JayMan@discussions.microsoft.com> kirjoitti viestissä
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> Darn.. It looks like your on to something!
>
> One 4gig file From NTFS to Fat32.
>
> So it appears that I need to update the Fat32 to NTFS, correct? Ok now it'
s
> been some time since I have had to do this. If I remember correctly when
> converting from fat32 to ntfs the conversion will format the drive and I
will
> lose all info?
>
> This is a laptop that I have upgraded from Win2k to XP Pro. Im guessing
that
> I missed the prompt to convert to NTFS?
>
>
> Thanks for your input.
> JayMan
>
>
> "Thomas Wendell" wrote:
>
> > Form what filesystem to what filesystem?? If from NTFS (that can have
big
> > files) to FAT32 where max file size is~ 4GB? Or to FAT16 where the max
file
> > siza is even smaller??
> > Or are there a lot of small files?
> >
> >
> > --
> > Tumppi
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> > "JayMan" <JayMan@discussions.microsoft.com> kirjoitti viestissä
> > news:6C97D6F2-0F10-4CEC-A6A2-5126FFAC3A69@microsoft.com...
> > > I am trying to copy 4 gigs of data to a laptop that has 50gig free but
> > keep
> > > receiving an error can not copy There is not enough free disk space.
> > Anyone
> > > seen this before? Any help would be much appreciated.
> > >
> > > Thanks in advance.
> > >
> >
> >
> >
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