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Posted by DJ_Hailstone on Oct-08-2004 07:12:

NTFS file system

Hi,

Iam using Windows XP os. Can I transfer my FAT32 file system into NTFS? Is it possible? Can I do it without reinstalling my OS?
Thank you people!

Posted by Dave Piazza on Oct-08-2004 07:15:

Yes fatass32 file system can go into NTFS.

Posted by Orbax on Oct-08-2004 07:16:

yes FAT32 converts to NTFS it can never go back though

Posted by jon on Oct-08-2004 07:31:

as everyone else said yes, though i would recomend you back up your important documents etc just in case something goes wrong (though it never has for anyone i know)

Posted by DJ_Hailstone on Oct-08-2004 07:47:

Ok people thank you.
One more question: How could I do it? Which program I need to run?

Posted by Orbax on Oct-08-2004 08:00:

windows... contrl panel admin tools ...disk managemrnt

Posted by DJ_Hailstone on Oct-08-2004 08:10:

quote:
Originally posted by Orbax
windows... contrl panel admin tools ...disk managemrnt

I cannot find it... The only thing I found is format with NTFS file system... I have to format it

Posted by DJ_Hailstone on Oct-08-2004 08:39:

WINXP

Posted by jon on Oct-08-2004 08:53:

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

Posted by DJ_Hailstone on Oct-08-2004 10:08:

quote:
Originally posted by jon
http://www.ntfs.com/quest3.htm

Finally it works! Thank you mate

Posted by itsTrueSonic on Oct-08-2004 16:37:

run this at the command line prompt

convert /fs:ntfs

and this will convert to ntfs.

however, i don't think you can go back to fat32 after than.
probably a good suggestion to have both types of partitions on your computer in cases you have programs that do not work on ntfs, but work on fat32 systems

Posted by Jarjar on Oct-08-2004 22:01:

quote:
Originally posted by itsTrueSonic
probably a good suggestion to have both types of partitions on your computer in cases you have programs that do not work on ntfs, but work on fat32 systems

There are no such programs these days, if there ever was.

Well, there might be SOME who care about the filesystems (special system apps etc), but your average media player, web browser, game or whatever won't.

I've been running all NTFS on my windows boxes for 4 years and I haven't had a single (unfixable) FS related problem.

Posted by jon on Oct-08-2004 23:11:

quote:
Originally posted by itsTrueSonic
probably a good suggestion to have both types of partitions on your computer in cases you have programs that do not work on ntfs

care to name some examples??

Posted by igottaknow on Oct-08-2004 23:33:

quote:
Originally posted by itsTrueSonic
good suggestion to have both types of partitions on your computer in cases you have programs that do not work on ntfs, but work on fat32 systems

no that's a bad suggestion. your data should be kept on fat32. for whatever reason if you system dies it will be very difficult to recover data stored on an ntfs partition. fat32 is accessible booting up from a floppy which has saved my ass on more than one occasion

Posted by Jarjar on Oct-09-2004 20:42:

Posted by jon on Oct-09-2004 21:08:

surley if the data was so important to someone it wouldnt matter which file system its stored on as the data would have been backed up.

Posted by igottaknow on Oct-10-2004 01:58:

quote:
Originally posted by jon
surley if the data was so important to someone it wouldnt matter which file system its stored on as the data would have been backed up.

I'll give you an example i upgraded from Windows ME to 2000 after doing so the os wouldn't recognize the hardware, i had to the foresight to download the proper drivers before hand to my data partition (fat32). I was able to access the drivers and successfully intall 2000. If my data partition was on NTFS I would have been screwed. So you might asks yourself what are the chances your system wont boot...hmmm can you say virus?

Posted by Thunder5 on Oct-10-2004 02:34:

quote:
Originally posted by igottaknow
So you might asks yourself what are the chances your system wont boot...hmmm can you say virus?

Virus's only come if you're sloppy user...

I don't have any virus protection software, I think they're just a waste of money,
and my computer has never been compromised by a virus.

And I'd take ReiserFS anyday over anyother filesystem. But stupid Windows doesn't support it so I'm forced to use NTFS on my windows box..

Posted by jon on Oct-10-2004 07:16:

quote:
Originally posted by igottaknow
I'll give you an example i upgraded from Windows ME to 2000 after doing so the os wouldn't recognize the hardware, i had to the foresight to download the proper drivers before hand to my data partition (fat32). I was able to access the drivers and successfully intall 2000. If my data partition was on NTFS I would have been screwed. So you might asks yourself what are the chances your system wont boot...hmmm can you say virus?

my point is not the pros or cons of various file systems, its about backing data up. though wasnt win ME a upgraded version of win98 and only used fat32?

Posted by itsTrueSonic on Oct-10-2004 13:19:

quote:
Originally posted by igottaknow
no that's a bad suggestion. your data should be kept on fat32. for whatever reason if you system dies it will be very difficult to recover data stored on an ntfs partition. fat32 is accessible booting up from a floppy which has saved my ass on more than one occasion

very true. but from my experiences, i have found programs that now do not work on fat32, but work on ntfs. pretty weird huh. can't name some examples at the moment. but if i do, i will list it.

also, ntfs supports bigger hard drive partitions if you ever want a partition bigger than 33 GB. and ntfs has supports pointer links between the hard drive to memory faster than fat32. probably the closest fs to the #1 partition (ext3 for unix)