Partition half of Fat32 Ext.HDD to NTFS without losing data?

[xxAlisha1995xx]

Hello, I have recently bought a 2tb hdd and formatted it to fat32 to work with ps3, xbox and mac as well as my windows pc.

I have around 800gb of files on it now but would like to format around 700gb of the hdd to NTFS without losing any of the 800gb files, so i have over 1tb free space to play with, is this possible to turn some of that into NTFS without interfering with current files?

I dont have a hdd with 800gb spare to back it up, so thats why i was wondering if it is possible.

Please help, thanks

 

[Phillip Corcoran]

Windows XP included a built-in FAT32-to-NTFS converter that doesn't destroy data, but could only convert the entire partition, not part of it. Don't know of any third-pary utility that can do what you require.

May be buying a 1TB hard drive to copy existing data to is the only way round it.

 

[xxAlisha1995xx]

Windows XP included a built-in FAT32-to-NTFS converter that doesn't destroy data, but could only convert the entire partition, not part of it. Don't know of any third-pary utility that can do what you require.

How about copying all the existing data to a blank DVD, then re-partitioning and formatting the hard drive to your requirements?

Yeah, i have windows 7 but need to know if i can just do it on a partition if i first create a partition, as i still need some of the hdd to be fat32

 

[Phillip Corcoran]

Short answer, no. You can't create partition inside an existing partition. Existing one has to be deleted first - - goodbye data.

 

[xxAlisha1995xx]

Short answer, no. You can't create partition inside an existing partition. Existing one has to be deleted first - - goodbye data.

I just have the E drive atm, i do not have an existing partition within that, I read somewhere I could possibly shrink the fat32 down to 1tb then format the remaining to NTFS but i dont know how to do that

 

[Phillip Corcoran]

You can indeed shrink or resize a partition using the disk management tools built in to Windows 7. See this:
http://www.howtogeek.com/howto/windows-vista/resize-a-partition-for-free-in-windows-vista/

 

[xxAlisha1995xx]

You can indeed shrink or resize a partition using the disk management tools built in to Windows 7. See this:
http://www.howtogeek.com/howto/windows-vista/resize-a-partition-for-free-in-windows-vista/

so when i shrink the fat32 partition, i wont lose anything will i? and then what do i do with the unallocated space to make it ntfs? thanks

 

[xxAlisha1995xx]

Is there any chance I can have a dummy proof guide on how to shrink the fat32 hard drive down and then format the unallocated space to ntfs? please, because i have never done anything like this before and dont want to lose data, thanks

 

[bgbdbill]

First go here ....http://puppylinux.org/main/Manual-English.htm
Run off Cd. No install required.
Next go to step... Preparing the Hard Disk. You can have multiple partitions. All with different types...
Enjoy..

 

[bgbdbill]

Windows XP included a built-in FAT32-to-NTFS converter that doesn't destroy data, but could only convert the entire partition, not part of it. Don't know of any third-pary utility that can do what you require.

May be buying a 1TB hard drive to copy existing data to is the only way round it.

Not correct sir please read here on puppy linux. http://puppylinux.org/main/Manual-English.htm.
Linux just does things better..