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From: Albert Smith on 19 Nov 2007 14:41 I have a usb external hard drive that I am trying to convert from FAT32 to NTFS .I opened command prompt and typed in ( convert G:/FS:NTFS) pressed enter and got the reply : The type of file system is FAT 32 . Enter current volume label for drive G : I entered G and then I got a message saying An incorrect volume label was entered for this drive .What am I doing wrong any help please? Or is there any other way to convert to NTFS
From: Bogey Man on 19 Nov 2007 14:53 "Albert Smith" <albert.smith(a)tele2.se> wrote in message news:eBgHARuKIHA.5160(a)TK2MSFTNGP05.phx.gbl... >I have a usb external hard drive that I am trying to convert from FAT32 to >NTFS .I opened command prompt and typed in ( convert G:/FS:NTFS) pressed >enter and got the reply : The type of file system is FAT 32 . Enter current >volume label for drive G : I entered G and then I got a message saying An >incorrect volume label was entered for this drive .What am I doing wrong >any help please? Or is there any other way to convert to NTFS I think the syntax should be convert G: /fs:ntfs
From: Albert Smith on 19 Nov 2007 15:22 I still get the same message no matter what combination of small or capital letters I use "Bogey Man" <spam(a)kwic.com> wrote in message news:e5JCZXuKIHA.748(a)TK2MSFTNGP04.phx.gbl... > "Albert Smith" <albert.smith(a)tele2.se> wrote in message > news:eBgHARuKIHA.5160(a)TK2MSFTNGP05.phx.gbl... >>I have a usb external hard drive that I am trying to convert from FAT32 to >>NTFS .I opened command prompt and typed in ( convert G:/FS:NTFS) pressed >>enter and got the reply : The type of file system is FAT 32 . Enter >>current volume label for drive G : I entered G and then I got a message >>saying An incorrect volume label was entered for this drive .What am I >>doing wrong any help please? Or is there any other way to convert to NTFS > > > I think the syntax should be convert G: /fs:ntfs
From: Ken Blake, MVP on 19 Nov 2007 15:56 On Mon, 19 Nov 2007 20:41:57 +0100, in microsoft.public.windowsxp.basics "Albert Smith" <albert.smith(a)tele2.se> wrote: > I have a usb external hard drive that I am trying to convert from FAT32 to > NTFS .I opened command prompt and typed in ( convert G:/FS:NTFS) pressed > enter and got the reply : The type of file system is FAT 32 . Enter current > volume label for drive G : I entered G and then I got a message saying An > incorrect volume label was entered for this drive .What am I doing wrong any > help please? Or is there any other way to convert to NTFS G is the drive letter, not the volume label. You may or may not have a volume label, and if you don't know what it is, it's probably blank. Enter nothing and press enter. By the way, before you use the convert command, first read http://www.aumha.org/a/ntfscvt.htm because there's an issue regarding cluster size that isn't obvious. -- Ken Blake, Microsoft MVP Windows - Shell/User Please Reply to the Newsgroup
From: Albert Smith on 19 Nov 2007 16:52
Tanks Ken but I`m afraid that does not work either. "Ken Blake, MVP" <kblake(a)this.is.am.invalid.domain> wrote in message news:l2u3k31lcvlcrssna9ebt63ge8f0hjrkbp(a)4ax.com... > On Mon, 19 Nov 2007 20:41:57 +0100, in > microsoft.public.windowsxp.basics "Albert Smith" > <albert.smith(a)tele2.se> wrote: > >> I have a usb external hard drive that I am trying to convert from FAT32 >> to >> NTFS .I opened command prompt and typed in ( convert G:/FS:NTFS) pressed >> enter and got the reply : The type of file system is FAT 32 . Enter >> current >> volume label for drive G : I entered G and then I got a message saying An >> incorrect volume label was entered for this drive .What am I doing wrong >> any >> help please? Or is there any other way to convert to NTFS > > > G is the drive letter, not the volume label. You may or may not have a > volume label, and if you don't know what it is, it's probably blank. > Enter nothing and press enter. > > By the way, before you use the convert command, first read > http://www.aumha.org/a/ntfscvt.htm because there's an issue regarding > cluster size that isn't obvious. > > -- > Ken Blake, Microsoft MVP Windows - Shell/User > Please Reply to the Newsgroup |