How to convert from FAT32 to NTFS?
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From: Bruce Chambers on 12 Dec 2009 12:33 Patti Barden wrote: > Thanks Bruce. I am confused by what you mean "delete the existing FAT32 > partition." > > The external hd came Formatted in Fat32 and has no partitions. Actually, there is a partition - a single one that takes up the entire capacity of the disk. > How do I > create a new partition - will windows to that for me or do I need a > Partition program. I have Partition Magic V6 but I am not sure that will > work on XP. You can do this with native WinXP tools. Right-click My Computer > Manage > Disk Management, and then right-click the drive you want to modify. You'll get a context menu that will allow you to delete, create, and format partitions as desired. > I also read your article re clusters, a bit complicated. You recommend > BootItT NG > and it sounds like a pretty complicated bit of kit. > Patti > > I offered it as I had no way of knowing your specific level of technical "comfort." You'd only need to use that information if you choose to *convert* the FAT32 partition to NTFS, rather than formatting it. -- Bruce Chambers Help us help you: http://www.catb.org/~esr/faqs/smart-questions.html http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx/kb/555375 They that can give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary safety deserve neither liberty nor safety. ~Benjamin Franklin Many people would rather die than think; in fact, most do. ~Bertrand Russell The philosopher has never killed any priests, whereas the priest has killed a great many philosophers. ~ Denis Diderot
From: Patti Barden on 14 Dec 2009 09:22 "Leonard Grey" <l.grey(a)invalid.invalid> wrote in message news:uxXOH%232dKHA.1652(a)TK2MSFTNGP05.phx.gbl... > Mind if I stick my head in? Thanks, please see below, inline: > --- > Leonard Grey > Errare humanum est > > Ken Blake, MVP wrote: >> On Mon, 7 Dec 2009 16:02:16 -0000, "Patti Barden" <patti(a)freeola.com> >> wrote: >> >>> Somewhere on my computer I saw that my hard drive was in NTFS but an >>> external harddrive I bought is installed as FAT32. >> >> >> >> One has nothing to do with another. You can have both at once. >> >> >>> The external hd says it is best to run it in NTFS. >> >> >> It has nothing to do with this drive or with it's being external. In >> my view, it's best to run all drives as NTFS, *unless* you also want >> to use it on an older non-NTFS-aware operating system, like Windows >> 98. >> > > "In my view, it's best to run all drives as NTFS..." > > I understand that very well in the context of internal drives. However, I > don't understand the advantage of NTFS for an external drive used for data > or for backup. > > If you plug an NTFS-formatted external hard drive into another computer > where you do /not/ have administrator permissions, you can't access the > data on the drive because NTFS enforces user account permissions. And you > can't use the data on the drive with a Mac. It's not the end of the world, > but you can think of situations where this could be inconvenient. > > LG LG, I don't understand admintrator permissions. I will only be using my cloned system copied to the external hard disk on another Windows system. I want to be able to see what is on my external hard disk from another computer if I need to. Patti > >> >>> I haven't put anything on the external hd yet and have no idea how to >>> convert. Can any one point me in the right direction? >> >> >> >> If there's nothing on it, don't convert it, just reformat it. >> Right-click on it and choose Format. >>
From: Tim Meddick on 14 Dec 2009 13:44 This is exactly what "Leonard Grey" and I were saying - IF you need to access the drive on ANY other system than the one the data was created on you [may] have problems if you can't log on as Administrator on the [new] machine. *But, then if you're "cloning", that process copies [clones] the file-system [e.g. NTFS + all it's permissions] as well, so you will not have a choice of what to "format" the drive as because it will not matter. After cloning - the drive will be EXACTLY the same file-system as the drive from which it was cloned no matter what it WAS formatted as... == Cheers, Tim Meddick, Peckham, London. :-) "Patti Barden" <patti(a)freeola.com> wrote in message news:%23V1xUjMfKHA.1596(a)TK2MSFTNGP04.phx.gbl... > > < clipped > > >> LG > > LG, I don't understand admintrator permissions. I will only be using my > cloned > system copied to the external hard disk on another Windows system. I want to > be able to see what is on my external hard disk from another computer if I > need to. > Patti > > >> >>> >>>> I haven't put anything on the external hd yet and have no idea how to convert. >>>> Can any one point me in the right direction? >>> >>> >>> >>> If there's nothing on it, don't convert it, just reformat it. >>> Right-click on it and choose Format. >>> > >
From: Patti Barden on 15 Dec 2009 09:53
Thank you Tim and all members for their patience!!! Great learning curve. Patti "Tim Meddick" <timmeddick(a)gawab.com> wrote in message news:%23S%23cw1OfKHA.3792(a)TK2MSFTNGP02.phx.gbl... > This is exactly what "Leonard Grey" and I were saying - IF you need to > access the drive on ANY other system than the one the data was created on > you [may] have problems if you can't log on as Administrator on the [new] > machine. > > *But, then if you're "cloning", that process copies [clones] the > file-system [e.g. NTFS + all it's permissions] as well, so you will not > have a choice of what to "format" the drive as because it will not matter. > > After cloning - the drive will be EXACTLY the same file-system as the > drive from which it was cloned no matter what it WAS formatted as... > > > == > > Cheers, Tim Meddick, Peckham, London. :-) > > > > > "Patti Barden" <patti(a)freeola.com> wrote in message > news:%23V1xUjMfKHA.1596(a)TK2MSFTNGP04.phx.gbl... >> >> < clipped > >> >>> LG >> >> LG, I don't understand admintrator permissions. I will only be using my >> cloned >> system copied to the external hard disk on another Windows system. I want >> to >> be able to see what is on my external hard disk from another computer if >> I >> need to. >> Patti >> >> >>> >>>> >>>>> I haven't put anything on the external hd yet and have no idea how to >>>>> convert. Can any one point me in the right direction? >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> If there's nothing on it, don't convert it, just reformat it. >>>> Right-click on it and choose Format. >>>> >> >> > |