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Non Gaming Discussions => Off-Topic => Topic started by: videoholic on July 06, 2005, 03:52:42 AM

Title: Fat 32- NTFS
Post by: videoholic on July 06, 2005, 03:52:42 AM

Can I change a HD over to NTFS without reformatting?

Title: Fat 32- NTFS
Post by: JBean on July 06, 2005, 05:10:17 AM

if you can you are a magical man

Title: Fat 32- NTFS
Post by: §ôµÏG®ïñD on July 06, 2005, 05:16:14 AM

http://www.ntfs.com/quest3.htm



Call me Merlin.

Title: Fat 32- NTFS
Post by: THX on July 06, 2005, 08:05:46 AM

Beware there can be minor side effects after doing the conversion, primarily in sharing files over a network.

If you can, consider throwing in a second HD, copy all the files, and reformat from scratch.

Otherwise: http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;307881

Title: Fat 32- NTFS
Post by: JBean on July 06, 2005, 09:13:06 AM

i\'ve always believed in magic

but i\'d never convert file formats like that.. i\'m one to format and do it the "right" way

Title: Fat 32- NTFS
Post by: mm on July 06, 2005, 02:46:14 PM

do not convert it

delete partition, and make a new one
then format

Title: Fat 32- NTFS
Post by: videoholic on July 06, 2005, 03:31:29 PM

Yeah.  It turns out I got around the file size issue I had.  Good to know though.

Title: Fat 32- NTFS
Post by: Samwise on July 07, 2005, 01:13:19 PM

You can go from FAT32 to NTFS without reformatting, but not the other way.

Title: Fat 32- NTFS
Post by: §ôµÏG®ïñD on July 12, 2005, 05:18:07 AM

"looks into your eyes"




yea, i also recommend a format rather then convert.  But u don\'t need to create a new partition to do it.