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| Acmlm's Board - I2 Archive - Hardware/Software - FAT32 conversion to NTFS |
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Sokarhacd Ball and Chain Trooper Resistance is Futile You Will Be Assimilated Hab SoSlI' Quch Level: 61  Posts: 140/1757 EXP: 1799888 For next: 76708 Since: 03-15-04 Since last post: 6 days Last activity: 4 hours |
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| I heard there is a way to convert without any data loss, is it possible? if so how and are there any risks of losing everything and having to re install windows and everything again? edit: im on windows XP Home (edited by Chaosflare on 05-09-04 10:25 AM) |
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Kitten Yiffer Purple wand Furry moderator Vivent l'exp����¯�¿�½������©rience de signalisation d'amusement, ou bien ! Level: 135 Posts: 1531/11162 EXP: 28824106 For next: 510899 Since: 03-15-04 From: Sweden Since last post: 3 hours Last activity: 4 min. |
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Look into the windows help, look for NTFS and convert.  But it is possible, and simple command thought. convert D: /fs:ntfs That convert's disk D: to NTFS. |
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ErkDog Fuzz Ball Level: 47  Posts: 226/982 EXP: 752190 For next: 14013 Since: 03-15-04 From: Richmond, VA Since last post: 40 days Last activity: 19 days |
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| the windows XP installation will do it auto too | |||
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Sokarhacd Ball and Chain Trooper Resistance is Futile You Will Be Assimilated Hab SoSlI' Quch Level: 61 Posts: 141/1757 EXP: 1799888 For next: 76708 Since: 03-15-04 Since last post: 6 days Last activity: 4 hours |
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| K well I read this at NTFS.com A: Standard Windows utility that is called CONVERT serves this purpose Just go to the Command Prompt and execute the command: C:\> CONVERT C: /fs:ntfs Where C: is a name of the drive you want to convert. After machine re-boot conversion process will start and you'll have your FAT32 converted to NTFS without of data loss. but that is for XP Pro, anyone know if it will work for home edition? edit: yes it will work, just read the help file for windows, but anyone know if there is any risks or anything? cause I dont have the install disc or anything for windows so.. if there is a chance I dont really wanna do it. (edited by Chaosflare on 05-09-04 10:32 AM) |
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ErkDog Fuzz Ball Level: 47 Posts: 229/982 EXP: 752190 For next: 14013 Since: 03-15-04 From: Richmond, VA Since last post: 40 days Last activity: 19 days |
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| it should work with either | |||
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| It will probably work on XP home. Just try it.  But remember, you can't change back when you done that. Unless your using 3rd party tools.And yes there is a chanche that something goes wrong, but it's very small chanche. Unless there happens a power outage or something it's safe.  (edited by Kitten Yiffer on 05-09-04 10:33 AM) |
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Sokarhacd Ball and Chain Trooper Resistance is Futile You Will Be Assimilated Hab SoSlI' Quch Level: 61 Posts: 142/1757 EXP: 1799888 For next: 76708 Since: 03-15-04 Since last post: 6 days Last activity: 4 hours |
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| Well I guess il try it, hopefully ill be back after it is done, or else, ill see you when I can get my hands on a window's install disc. edit: K well I got the volume label, now it asks this : "cannot convert, because volume is in use by another process. convert can continue if volume is dismounted first. ALL OPENED HANDLES TO THIS VOLUME WOULD THEN BE INVALID would you like to force a dismount to this volume (y/n) that doesnt sound to friendly to me.... (edited by Chaosflare on 05-09-04 10:39 AM) (edited by Chaosflare on 05-09-04 10:47 AM) |
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Xkeeper The required libraries have not been defined. Level: NAN  Posts: -4466/-863 EXP: NAN For next: 0 Since: 03-15-04 Since last post: 2 hours Last activity: -753366 sec. |
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Originally posted by ChaosflareWell hot damn. Restart in MS DOS mode. Oh, wait, I forgot, Winblows Ecks Pee doesn't have that, oh fuck. Try creating a boot disk if there's an option to do so and booting from that. Of course it's not going to let you-- You're trying to convert the drive you're running off of [C:\] --- it's in use by Winderz. Go for a boot disk. |
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Sokarhacd Ball and Chain Trooper Resistance is Futile You Will Be Assimilated Hab SoSlI' Quch Level: 61 Posts: 143/1757 EXP: 1799888 For next: 76708 Since: 03-15-04 Since last post: 6 days Last activity: 4 hours |
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| The NTFS site says it should work for any drive, and the example it gives is converting the C: drive... | |||
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Xkeeper The required libraries have not been defined. Level: NAN Posts: -4465/-863 EXP: NAN For next: 0 Since: 03-15-04 Since last post: 2 hours Last activity: -753366 sec. |
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Originally posted by ChaosflareTHE C: DRIVE IS IN USE AND CANNOT BE CONVERTED DUH. Ever tried formatting C:\ when you're running XP/98/other shit off of it? It'll give you "Drive in use" error or such. Just get a fscking boot disk and run off of that, jeez.. |
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Sokarhacd Ball and Chain Trooper Resistance is Futile You Will Be Assimilated Hab SoSlI' Quch Level: 61 Posts: 144/1757 EXP: 1799888 For next: 76708 Since: 03-15-04 Since last post: 6 days Last activity: 4 hours |
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| I dont wanna make a boot disk, so ill just keep my file system the way it is......thanks for the help anyway. | |||
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Xkeeper The required libraries have not been defined. Level: NAN Posts: -4464/-863 EXP: NAN For next: 0 Since: 03-15-04 Since last post: 2 hours Last activity: -753366 sec. |
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Originally posted by Chaosflare  You're giving up because you can't click 4 times and insert a disk? Jesus. Either that or Windoez made making a boot disk 1989t813% more times complicated than last time I checked. |
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ErkDog Fuzz Ball Level: 47 Posts: 237/982 EXP: 752190 For next: 14013 Since: 03-15-04 From: Richmond, VA Since last post: 40 days Last activity: 19 days |
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| Xkeeper you don't have to make a boot disk... . *shakes head* if you try for instance to do a chkdsk on a drive in use with NT it will say drive in use do you want to schedule on reboot ?? it will do the same thing for convert.... instead of asking us what the hell it will do Chaos.... just type the goddamn command and see what it says |
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Sokarhacd Ball and Chain Trooper Resistance is Futile You Will Be Assimilated Hab SoSlI' Quch Level: 61 Posts: 145/1757 EXP: 1799888 For next: 76708 Since: 03-15-04 Since last post: 6 days Last activity: 4 hours |
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| I DID, it said "cannot convert, because volume is in use by another process. convert can continue if volume is dismounted first. ALL OPENED HANDLES TO THIS VOLUME WOULD THEN BE INVALID would you like to force a dismount to this volume (y/n)" I dont even know what all opened handles to this volume would then be invalid means! and I dont want to do it if something is gonna fuck my computer up. |
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ErkDog Fuzz Ball Level: 47 Posts: 241/982 EXP: 752190 For next: 14013 Since: 03-15-04 From: Richmond, VA Since last post: 40 days Last activity: 19 days |
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| hit No then it will ask you to schedule it on reboot or at least it should |
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HyperLamer <||bass> and this was the soloution i thought of that was guarinteed to piss off the greatest amount of people Sesshomaru Tamaranian Level: 118 Posts: 586/8210 EXP: 18171887 For next: 211027 Since: 03-15-04 From: Canada, w00t! LOL FAD Since last post: 2 hours Last activity: 2 hours |
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| Get the Windoze install CD, put it in, reboot, go to the recovery console (like DOS for NTFS) and do it there. | |||
FreeDOS Lava Lotus Wannabe-Mod :< Level: 59 Posts: 411/1657 EXP: 1648646 For next: 24482 Since: 03-15-04 From: Seattle Since last post: 6 hours Last activity: 4 hours |
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| Windows XP will reboot in a special mode (similar to DOS, although it's just the NT kernel without most drivers). It then would convert the drive to NTFS without problems except for one. Converting FAT to NTFS results in a drive that's not as effecient as a clean format. You still have all the features and bells and whistles, though. Partition Commander 8 would convert any FAT to NTFS outside of DOS/Windows. Supposedly, it is more effecient than the Microsoft utility. As I have never used PC8 to convert FAT -> NTFS, I don't really know. |
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ErkDog Fuzz Ball Level: 47 Posts: 258/982 EXP: 752190 For next: 14013 Since: 03-15-04 From: Richmond, VA Since last post: 40 days Last activity: 19 days |
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| I highly advise against using any 3rd party partitioning tools.... use Fdisk and only Fdisk... unless you like to gamble with your data, and just hope you don't nerf your partition table and loose everything..... |
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FreeDOS Lava Lotus Wannabe-Mod :< Level: 59 Posts: 413/1657 EXP: 1648646 For next: 24482 Since: 03-15-04 From: Seattle Since last post: 6 hours Last activity: 4 hours |
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Originally posted by ErkDog 1. VCom probably gets all the internals on NTFS from Microsoft. Thus, the resean that I use it all the time to resize NTFS without data loss. I would think that they tested it before releasing it, anyway. (Though I would take Erk's advice and use MS tools if you don't want to take risks.) 2. FDISK doesn't convert partitions. CONVERT does. http://www.ntfs.com/quest3.htm - Look there. |
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ErkDog Fuzz Ball Level: 47 Posts: 259/982 EXP: 752190 For next: 14013 Since: 03-15-04 From: Richmond, VA Since last post: 40 days Last activity: 19 days |
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| yeah but you can delete the fat32 partition and format it as NTFS inside windows.... |
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