how can I change the FAT 32 into NTFS?
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Standard Windows utility that is called CONVERT serves this purpose\n\nJust go to the Command Prompt and execute the command: \n\nC:&#92;> CONVERT C: /fs:ntfs\n\nC: is a name of the drive you want to convert\nit aske you the vol name so you must enter the drive name \nthen read the messege care fully it may give you the messege thet this time you can,t convert so just sudile it & restart computeer
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http://www.pcguide.com/ref/hdd/file/ntfs/archMFT-c.html\n\nHope that helps!
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Plug the drive in, right click My computer and choose manage, detect the drive, and format it NTFS or FAT32
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You can use the Microsoft Windows XP Setup program or the Fdisk and Format tools to partition and format System and startup partitions.\nBefore you install your operating system, you must first create a primary partition on the hard disk (disk 1) on your computer, and then format a file system on that partition. The Fdisk tool is an MS-DOS-based tool that you can use to prepare (partition) a hard disk. You can use the Fdisk tool to create, change, delete, or display current partitions on the hard disk, and then each allocated space on the hard disk (primary partition, extended partition, or logical drive) is assigned a drive letter. Disk 1 may contain one extended partition, and a second hard disk may contain a primary or extended partition. An extended partition may contain one or more logical MS-DOS drives. \n\nAfter you use the Fdisk tool to partition your hard disk, use the Format tool to format those partitions with a file system. The file system File Allocation Table (FAT) allows the hard disk to accept, store, and retrieve data. Windows 95 OEM Service Release 2 (OSR2), Windows 98, Windows 98 Second Edition, Windows Millennium Edition (Me), and Windows 2000 support the FAT16 and FAT32 file systems. When you run the Fdisk tool on a hard disk that is larger than 512 megabytes (MB), you are prompted to choose one of the following file systems: • FAT16: This file system has a maximum of 2 gigabytes (GB) for each allocated space or drive letter. For example, if you use the FAT16 file system and have a 6-GB hard disk, you can have three drive letters (C, D, and E), each with 2 GB of allocated space.\nFAT32: This file system supports drives that are up to 2 terabytes in size and stores files on smaller sections of the hard disk than the FAT16 file system does. This results in more free space on the hard disk. The FAT32 file system does not support drives that are smaller than 512 MB\nWhen you run the fdisk and format commands, the Master Boot Record (MBR) and file allocation tables are created. The MBR and file allocation tables store the necessary disk geometry that allows hard disk to accept, store, and retrieve data\n\nAfter you create the partitions, you must format the partitions: 1. Restart your computer with the Startup disk in the floppy disk drive. \n\nNOTE: If you are using a Windows 95 Startup disk, a command prompt is displayed and you can skip to step 2. If you are using a Windows 98, Windows 98 Second Edition, or Windows Me Startup disk, select the Start computer without CD-ROM support menu option when the Windows 98 Startup menu is displayed. \n2. When a command prompt is displayed, type format c: /s, and then press ENTER. This command transfers the system files and should only be used when you format drive C (or your "active" drive). For all other partitions, type format drive: (where drive is the letter of the partition that you want to format). \n\nNOTE: If you receive a "Bad command" or "Bad file name" error message, you may need to extract the Format.com tool to your boot disk. To do this, type the following command at a command prompt, and then press ENTER: \nextract ebd.cab format.com\nAfter the Format.com tool is extracted to your boot disk, type format c: /s t a command prompt to format your active partition, or type format drive: if you want to format a partition that is not your active partition. \n3. When you successfully run the Format.com tool, you receive the following message:\nWARNING, ALL DATA ON NON-REMOVABLE DISK DRIVE C: WILL BE LOST! \nProceed with Format?  \n4. Press Y, and then press ENTER to format drive C. \n5. After the format procedure is finished, you receive the following message: \nVolume label (11 characters, ENTER for none)? \nNOTE: This is an optional feature that you can use to type a name for the drive. You can either type an 11-character name for the drive, or you can leave it blank by pressing ENTER. \n\nIf you want to add a second hard disk (s
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Cause FTFS is not a valid Windows recongized Partition. Only Fat, Fat16, Fat32 NTFS Are Valid partitions for Windows.
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Yes in newer versions of Windows, type the following at a command prompt:\n\nconvert c: /fs:ntfs\n\nJust make sure it's something you want to do.
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Depends on which Nix you are using. Most have good support for mounting Fat 16 and 32 partitions. Linux has good support for NTFS partitions at least read only. Some distros you have to recompile the kernel as NTFS support doesn't come compiled by default. \n\nEmail me with the details and I'd be glad to point you to the right place to mount it if your trying to do NTFS. If it's fat just man mount and you have the syntax.
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Yes you can ... all you need to do is assign that 15 Gb to extended partition and then  create 1 or multiple logical drives in it and there you can use it.\n For Win 200/Xp/2003 Type Compmgmt.msc in Start/Run and follow the above mentioned procedure . refer windows Help for more info\n Also you can convert From FAT to NTFS/FAT32 but vice-versa is not possible. also Converting from FAT32 to NTFS is not possible and also vice versa.
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put xp OS CD in drive, when u get to the format section, make sure u delete the existing partition, create a new partition and format it as NTFS.
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For best NFTS performance, you should format a partition as NFTS and then add files to it.  If this isn't possible, Win XP offers the CONVERT utility for converting a FAT16 or FAT32 drive to NFTS:\n\nRunning the following command at the command prompt should convert drive C: to NFTS:\n\nconvert  c:  /FS:NTFS\n\nNote, however, that if Win XP is installed on the partition you're trying to convert, you'll see the following message:\n\nConvert cannot gain exclusive access to the C:drive, so it cannot convert it now.  Would you like to schedule it to be converted the next time the system restarts?  <Y/N>\n\nIn this case, press Y to schedule the conversion.
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Assuming you used followed all steps in the Windows XP setup you will most likely have formatted the drive in an NTFS file system. Unfortunately 98 uses FAT32 file system and they are incompatible. To install 98 you will have to format and start from scratch using a win 98 CD. I have to agree with the others though going to 98 is a major step backwards, stick with XP. If your desperate to change OS either go to linux or wait for vista which is just around the conrer
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reload using the ntfs file system and get sp/2
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FAT [ File Allocation Table ] is the storage format used on Windows 3.X, FAT32 is Windows 9.X. \n\nFAT being 16bit and FAT32 32bit obviously. \n\nFAT had limitations in that it could only handle had drives partitioned into 2Gb sectors and file names of up to 11 characters [ including the extension ]. \n\nFAT32 saw this improve with alowing file names of up to 255 characters and much larger disk paritions [ not sure of the exact size but I know its big ]. \n\nNTFS [ New Technology File System ] was intorduced with the NT operating systems [ like 2000, ME, XP ] and is basicaly a more efficiant version of FAT32. It also allows large contigous files and better features. \n\nNTFS files cannot be read on a system using an O/S older than NT. A NT O/S is not supposed to be able to read or locate files on a FAT storage device but there is a driver that can be downloaded that give NT the ability to do this.
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You can't format FAT or FAT32 with Windows XP.  It will operate in FAT332 mode, but it does not format FAT32. You'll have to find someone with any version of Windows 98, who will let you borrow their computer for a couple of minutes.  By the way, if you're using it on an NTFS computer, why in the world would you want it formatted for FAT32??
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from the command prompt\n\nconvert drive_letter: /fs:ntfs\n\ne.g.:  convert c: /fs:ntfs
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you can do this without any additional program.\n\nRight click My Computer and select Administration\nExpand Data Storage and click Data Storage Administration\nIn the right window upper half all connected drive will be shown. Right click on a Drive letter and then click Change drive letter.\nA new window open and then click on change and then select the desired drive letter.
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You cannot format a Windows installation from Windows.  So if this drive has your operating system, and you don't have a Windows XP cd, you cannot reformat it.  Unless you have a Windows 98 startup disk on a floppy.\n\nIf you have that, restart your computer and press del to enter setup at the prompt, change the boot sequence to floppy first, put the floppy into the a: drive, press F10 to save and exit bios, then the computer will boot the floppy and you get an a:&#92; prompt.  Then type   format c:\n\nBut you likely will have to delete the non-fat partition first and repartition and then format the drive.  You will need to type fdisk at the prompt to do that.\n\nThen you will have a formatted drive partitioned with FAT 32.\n\nAnd no operating system.\n\nIf this drive is just a secondary drive, you can navigate to it in My Computer, right click and choose format.