Thursday, April 10, 2008

Converting FAT to NTFS

How to Convert FAT Disks to NTFS

we have different ways of doing this.some of them are
1.using setup program(operating system setup )
2.using convert.exe tool (usually not available in windows 98)
3.using disk management utilities(like partition magic)

lets see how to work on it one by one:

1.using setup program using setup program you can select the drive you want and format it either in FAT or NTFS systems.(you will find thing when selecting the disc partition for operating system to be installed).



2.using convert.exe also you can convert the file system from FAT to NTFS SYNTAX follows below:

To convert a volume to NTFS from the command prompt

  1. Open Command Prompt. Click Start, point to All Programs, point to Accessories, and then click Command Prompt.

  2. In the command prompt window, type: convert drive_letter: /fs:ntfs

for example : if you want to convert drive D the command goes like this:

Convert d: /fs:ntfs

for more options on convert.exe tool check the below image


3.the third one is using disc utilities which we will cover in coming posts

regards
shashanka Haritsa and Dhananjaya

Posted by Shashanka Haritsa at 10:42 AM |  

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