- converting FAT32 to NTFS
- Posted by Mark Guenther on February 4th, 2006
I recently upgraded from ME to XP, but somehow failed to convert my C: drive
to NTFS.
The "convert" command has a parameter called "/cvtarea:filename". The tips
I have read recommend creating a cvtarea equal to the number of files and
directories on my hard drive times 1KB. I have roughly 75,000 files on a
40GB drive. This comes to roughly 75MB. Does this sound correct? Should I
actually use 1024 rather than 1000?
Thanks
- Posted by Carey Frisch [MVP] on February 4th, 2006
CONVERTING FAT32 to NTFS
in Windows XP
(by Alex Nichol, MS-MVP)
http://aumha.org/win5/a/ntfscvt.htm
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Carey Frisch
Microsoft MVP
Windows - Shell/User
Microsoft Community Newsgroups
news://msnews.microsoft.com/
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"Mark Guenther" wrote:
| I recently upgraded from ME to XP, but somehow failed to convert my C: drive
| to NTFS.
|
| The "convert" command has a parameter called "/cvtarea:filename". The tips
| I have read recommend creating a cvtarea equal to the number of files and
| directories on my hard drive times 1KB. I have roughly 75,000 files on a
| 40GB drive. This comes to roughly 75MB. Does this sound correct? Should I
| actually use 1024 rather than 1000?
|
| Thanks
- Posted by Mark Guenther on February 6th, 2006
Your link appears to be valuable info - thank you. I don't understand how it
pertains to my question about the CVT area. Suggestions regarding that?
"Carey Frisch [MVP]" wrote:
- Posted by Carey Frisch [MVP] on February 6th, 2006
The size of the file should be at least the total number of
files and folders that exist on your drive multiplied by 1,024.
Ref: http://www.mcpmag.com/columns/articl...itorialsID=643
--
Carey Frisch
Microsoft MVP
Windows Shell/User
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"Mark Guenther" wrote:
| Your link appears to be valuable info - thank you. I don't understand how it
| pertains to my question about the CVT area. Suggestions regarding that?
|
| "Carey Frisch [MVP]" wrote:
|
| > CONVERTING FAT32 to NTFS
| > in Windows XP
| > (by Alex Nichol, MS-MVP)
| > http://aumha.org/win5/a/ntfscvt.htm
| >
| > --
| > Carey Frisch
| > Microsoft MVP
| > Windows - Shell/User
| > Microsoft Community Newsgroups
| > news://msnews.microsoft.com/
| >
| > -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
| >
| > "Mark Guenther" wrote:
| >
| > | I recently upgraded from ME to XP, but somehow failed to convert my C: drive
| > | to NTFS.
| > |
| > | The "convert" command has a parameter called "/cvtarea:filename". The tips
| > | I have read recommend creating a cvtarea equal to the number of files and
| > | directories on my hard drive times 1KB. I have roughly 75,000 files on a
| > | 40GB drive. This comes to roughly 75MB. Does this sound correct? Should I
| > | actually use 1024 rather than 1000?
| > |
| > | Thanks
| >
