Convert fat32 to NTFS

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From: Mike (mike_at_work.com)
Date: 03/01/04 

Date: Mon, 1 Mar 2004 13:37:06 -0700

Hey guys!

Does anyone know what the switch is to convert the hard drive to NTFS in the
ristndrd.sif file? In the [Unattended] section I set FileSystem =
ConvertNTFS, but no go, it left the filesystem fat32. This is for a windows
2000 pro sp4 install. Is this correct switch? Thanks!

Mike

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