Fr.jack hackett Posted September 27, 2006 Share Posted September 27, 2006 Guys, i've been reading up on converting 'C' drive to NTFS from FAT32 I understand that Xp can do this natively, Im more interested in your opinions about any possible probs the conversion could throw up and how would a pre-installed Home xp might react to the change of file spec?A friend has an acer basic pc formated to FAT32 as it comes, (why F32? who knows) shes after cloning into a 250gb drive which I belive is beyond the capabilities of F32, thus a move to NTFS.Answers on a Rizla Please :frusty: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
apcmiller Posted September 27, 2006 Share Posted September 27, 2006 Answers on a Rizla Please :frusty:ok what the heck does this mean rizlas' are rolling papers i know that, but answers on a rizla?????? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zeus_Hunt Posted September 27, 2006 Share Posted September 27, 2006 Just go to the Command Prompt and execute the command: C:\> CONVERT C: /fs:ntfsWhere C: is a name of the drive you want to convert. After machine re-boot conversion process will start and you'll have your FAT32 converted to NTFS without of data loss.NTFS provides a number of improvements over FAT32, including:Second copy of boot sector for improved reliability Compression File permissions Improved recoverability Improved performance on large volumes Improved efficiency in disk space utilization Improved fault toleranceNone that I can find...May be thisPerformance of NTFS is Low on small volumes but its is High on LargePerformance of FAT32 its High on small volumes but it is Low on large Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fr.jack hackett Posted September 28, 2006 Author Share Posted September 28, 2006 Thanks for the replys, I was more thinking along the lines of possible probs with a 'ready loaded' - non retail windows Home HD, ie recovery disc only. I've heard various stories of pre-installs giving up the ghost upon hardware changes etc. I was only wondering if there are anything I should be aware of. :frusty: APC, the Rizla thing is Colloquial English, English. As in: 'to the point, or 'brief and to the point'.Can also be expressed as 'On the back of a fag (cigarette) Packet' or 'Back of a used envelope' etc etc. :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zeus_Hunt Posted September 28, 2006 Share Posted September 28, 2006 Recovery disc..Now if you have 2 options like full recovery and partial recovery then aFull Recovery I believe should bring the system back to FAT file systemPartial Recovery I believe would not change the file system... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fr.jack hackett Posted September 28, 2006 Author Share Posted September 28, 2006 clone first ( F32) then experiment on the clone. Nothing lost in nailing the clone to the wall eh! :-) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dMog Posted October 9, 2006 Share Posted October 9, 2006 clone first ( F32) then experiment on the clone. Nothing lost in nailing the clone to the wall eh! :-) :fist: rizla...i been speaking English all my life and never heard of that expression....nor has any friends who grew in Great Britain.... is that a new saying????? :fist: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fr.jack hackett Posted October 12, 2006 Author Share Posted October 12, 2006 Dmog, er perhaps its an East London thing (gor blimey guv'nor, apples an' pears) ? :-) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kavu Posted October 17, 2006 Share Posted October 17, 2006 lol intersting conversation i live in ny im use to some pretty messed up sayings myself.. and i havent even used a fat 32 in so long last time ive even formated to it was for windows 98 wich was years ago when i last used it ( the new black person is ninja err i have no clue why but thats the new word for around here) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fr.jack hackett Posted October 17, 2006 Author Share Posted October 17, 2006 :rolleyes: Glad to entertain Kavu.Why did Acer format F32? :mellow: anyway the drive is now NTFS :D shes gonna sort herself a drive, then Acronis True Image 8.0 to the rescue...... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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