fat 32 to ntfs

[big mick]

i have two hard drives (40 gig + 120 gig slave) all are dynamic simple drives. but the 40 gig hdd is two partitions boot and storage and are both fat 32 i wasnt to change to ntfs same as the 120 gig hdd, can i do this without losing data as i have lots of files on the smaller drive and could do with out backing up 40 gigs. thanks in advance for any help. mick

 

[Vector_One]

You can convert to NTFS without losing anything. Just open the command prompt and type:

CONVERT X: /fs:ntfs

where X is the drive letter you're converting.

 

[lechtard]

You could also use Acronis Partition Expert for this .. But the best way to do it would be to use a floppy boot disk and do the dos prompt like mentioned above, then you won't have any probs with files running and such ..

 

[cpugeniusmv]

Originally posted by lechtard
You could also use Acronis Partition Expert for this .. But the best way to do it would be to use a floppy boot disk and do the dos prompt like mentioned above, then you won't have any probs with files running and such ..

as far as i know, neither acronis or partition magic support dynamic disks. so the only way to do it would be with the convert command in the command prompt as previously mentioned.

 

[JJB6486]

Running CONVERT X: /fs:ntfs on a system drive or a drive that is in use automatically reboots the computer and converts it during boot time, so don't worry about files in use.

JJB

 

[Vector_One]

Originally posted by JJB6486
Running CONVERT X: /fs:ntfs on a system drive or a drive that is in use automatically reboots the computer and converts it during boot time, so don't worry about files in use.

JJB

That's right. There's no need for a bootdisk. You can run this command from the XP command prompt.