Re: FAT32 to NTFS

Arif Mehal wrote:
How to convert FAT32 to NTFS? And how long does it take? I have 80GB Hard
Drive. I dont want to lose my data.



You can safely convert your current hard drive to NTFS whenever desired, without having to format the partition and reinstall everything. As always when performing any serious changes, back up any important data before proceeding, just in case. A little advance preparation is also strongly recommended, so you can avoid any performance hits caused by the default cluster size:

Converting FAT32 to NTFS in Windows
http://www.aumha.org/a/ntfscvt.htm


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