Author Topic: Fat 32- NTFS (Read 673 times)

videoholic · « **on:** July 06, 2005, 03:52:42 AM »

Can I change a HD over to NTFS without reformatting?

« **Reply #1 on:** July 06, 2005, 05:10:17 AM »

if you can you are a magical man

§ôµÏG®ïñD · « **Reply #2 on:** July 06, 2005, 05:16:14 AM »

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

Call me Merlin.

« **Reply #3 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

« **Reply #4 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

« **Reply #5 on:** July 06, 2005, 02:46:14 PM »

do not convert it

delete partition, and make a new one
then format

videoholic · « **Reply #6 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.

« **Reply #7 on:** July 07, 2005, 01:13:19 PM »

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

§ôµÏG®ïñD · « **Reply #8 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.

Hello

Author Topic: Fat 32- NTFS (Read 673 times)