Re: Does FAT32 restrict me to max filesize of 4GB?

From: John (nospam_at_plusnet.com)
Date: 01/30/05 

Date: Sun, 30 Jan 2005 08:24:34 +0000

"Colin Barnhorst" <colinbarharst(nojunk)@msn.com> wrote:
>
>I too encourage you to use the convert tool in XP. There are no reasons not
>to that I know of and it is a high impact operation. Since you are
>converting the C: drive, the conversion will take place at the next reboot.
>
>The command is: convert drive_letter: /fs:ntfs

I see from the Partition Magic 7 manual (p72) that

'The Convert FAT32 to NTFS operation launches the Microsoft Convert
utility to convert.......'

So it seems that the preferred method is taken, whether from within PM
or not.

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