- How to convert boot drive to NTFS?
- Posted by Keith on October 5th, 2005
I just upgraded my system from WinME to WinXP Home edition.
I didn't get any option to convert the boot drive to NTFS during the
upgrade.
It is still Fat32 and things like defragging take forever.
How do I convert it to NTFS without loosing everything?
Does it matter?
- Posted by Bruce Chambers on October 5th, 2005
Keith wrote:
> I just upgraded my system from WinME to WinXP Home edition.
> I didn't get any option to convert the boot drive to NTFS during the
> upgrade.
> It is still Fat32 and things like defragging take forever.
> How do I convert it to NTFS without loosing everything?
> Does it matter?
>
>
You can safely convert your current hard drive to NTFS whenever
desired, without having to format the partition and reinstall
everything. As always when performing any serious changes, back up any
important data before proceeding, just in case. A little advance
preparation is also strongly recommended, so you can avoid any
performance hits caused by the default cluster size:
Converting FAT32 to NTFS in Windows
http://www.aumha.org/a/ntfscvt.htm
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- Posted by Carey Frisch [MVP] on October 5th, 2005
CONVERTING FAT32 to NTFS
in Windows XP
(by Alex Nichol, MS-MVP)
http://aumha.org/win5/a/ntfscvt.htm
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"Keith" wrote:
| I just upgraded my system from WinME to WinXP Home edition.
| I didn't get any option to convert the boot drive to NTFS during the
| upgrade.
| It is still Fat32 and things like defragging take forever.
| How do I convert it to NTFS without loosing everything?
| Does it matter?
- Posted by Aart Jansen on October 5th, 2005
in a command prompt, type...
convert c: /fs:ntfs
answer yes you want to to any prompts. reboot.
"Carey Frisch [MVP]" <cnfrisch@nospamgmail.com> wrote in message
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> CONVERTING FAT32 to NTFS
> in Windows XP
> (by Alex Nichol, MS-MVP)
> http://aumha.org/win5/a/ntfscvt.htm
>
> --
> Carey Frisch
> Microsoft MVP
> Windows XP - Shell/User
> Microsoft Newsgroups
>
> -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
>
> "Keith" wrote:
>
> | I just upgraded my system from WinME to WinXP Home edition.
> | I didn't get any option to convert the boot drive to NTFS during the
> | upgrade.
> | It is still Fat32 and things like defragging take forever.
> | How do I convert it to NTFS without loosing everything?
> | Does it matter?
>
- Posted by Ken Blake on October 5th, 2005
Aart Jansen wrote:
> in a command prompt, type...
> convert c: /fs:ntfs
>
> answer yes you want to to any prompts. reboot.
Doing as you suggest without reading the article Cary cited below would be a
bad mistake. It would very likely leave you with a 512-byte cluster size,
and corresponding poor performance.
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Please reply to the newsgroup
> "Carey Frisch [MVP]" <cnfrisch@nospamgmail.com> wrote in message
> news:%23rerv%23UyFHA.2516@TK2MSFTNGP12.phx.gbl...
>> CONVERTING FAT32 to NTFS
>> in Windows XP
>> (by Alex Nichol, MS-MVP)
>> http://aumha.org/win5/a/ntfscvt.htm
>>
>> --
>> Carey Frisch
>> Microsoft MVP
>> Windows XP - Shell/User
>> Microsoft Newsgroups
>>
>> -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
>>
>> "Keith" wrote:
>>
>>> I just upgraded my system from WinME to WinXP Home edition.
>>> I didn't get any option to convert the boot drive to NTFS during the
>>> upgrade.
>>> It is still Fat32 and things like defragging take forever.
>>> How do I convert it to NTFS without loosing everything?
>>> Does it matter?
- Posted by Star Fleet Admiral Q on October 6th, 2005
Agreed 100%
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"Ken Blake" <kblake@this.is.an.invalid.domain> wrote in message
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> Aart Jansen wrote:
>
>> in a command prompt, type...
>> convert c: /fs:ntfs
>>
>> answer yes you want to to any prompts. reboot.
>
>
> Doing as you suggest without reading the article Cary cited below would be
> a bad mistake. It would very likely leave you with a 512-byte cluster
> size, and corresponding poor performance.
>
> --
> Ken Blake - Microsoft MVP Windows: Shell/User
> Please reply to the newsgroup
>
>
>> "Carey Frisch [MVP]" <cnfrisch@nospamgmail.com> wrote in message
>> news:%23rerv%23UyFHA.2516@TK2MSFTNGP12.phx.gbl...
>>> CONVERTING FAT32 to NTFS
>>> in Windows XP
>>> (by Alex Nichol, MS-MVP)
>>> http://aumha.org/win5/a/ntfscvt.htm
>>>
>>> --
>>> Carey Frisch
>>> Microsoft MVP
>>> Windows XP - Shell/User
>>> Microsoft Newsgroups
>>>
>>> -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
>>>
>>> "Keith" wrote:
>>>
>>>> I just upgraded my system from WinME to WinXP Home edition.
>>>> I didn't get any option to convert the boot drive to NTFS during the
>>>> upgrade.
>>>> It is still Fat32 and things like defragging take forever.
>>>> How do I convert it to NTFS without loosing everything?
>>>> Does it matter?
>
>
- Posted by kt on October 6th, 2005
Install a new hard drive
copy your data to that
format the original hard drive
install XP as a new install using the NTFS option
worked a treat for me
(I originally did the the Dos conversion to NTFS after upgrading - but
always felt "something was just not quite right)
"Keith" <dont@bother.net> wrote in message
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>I just upgraded my system from WinME to WinXP Home edition.
> I didn't get any option to convert the boot drive to NTFS during the
> upgrade.
> It is still Fat32 and things like defragging take forever.
> How do I convert it to NTFS without loosing everything?
> Does it matter?
>
- Posted by Jason Haynes on October 6th, 2005
No need to install a new drive and copy data. From the command prompt, enter
CONVERT x: /FS:NTFS, just replace x with the drive letter to convert.
"kt" <ktrevor@hotmail.com> wrote in message
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> Install a new hard drive
> copy your data to that
> format the original hard drive
> install XP as a new install using the NTFS option
> worked a treat for me
> (I originally did the the Dos conversion to NTFS after upgrading - but
> always felt "something was just not quite right)
> "Keith" <dont@bother.net> wrote in message
> news:%23f2pmpUyFHA.736@tk2msftngp13.phx.gbl...
>>I just upgraded my system from WinME to WinXP Home edition.
>> I didn't get any option to convert the boot drive to NTFS during the
>> upgrade.
>> It is still Fat32 and things like defragging take forever.
>> How do I convert it to NTFS without loosing everything?
>> Does it matter?
>>
>
>
