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More info?)
On Tue, 18 Jan 2005 15:47:31 GMT, "JefN"
<jefn_REMOVE_YOUR_SHORTS_@sbcglobal.net> wrote:
| The syntax (if my last message in this thread hasn't synced to your server)
| is "CONVERT x: /FS:NTFS" -- there are other options, which may be viewed
| with the CMD line "CONVERT /?".
|
| Convert works well as advertised. As you say, this is a one-way
| conversion - there is no in-built utility to convert from NTFS to FAT32.
|
| There is also another limitation: the hard disk converted will have a 512K
| cluster size, which is not always the most efficient. If any other cluster
| size is desired, a 3rd-party partition management tool will be required.
Actually, it will have a 512 cluster size, not 512K. 512 clusters
will result in excessive fragmentation. In most cases, the ideal
cluster size is 4K. As you say, a third party program such as
Partition Magic is needed for that.
Larc
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