RE: Converting from Fat32 to NTFS

From: r (r_at_discussions.microsoft.com)
Date: 08/29/04 

Date: Sun, 29 Aug 2004 15:19:09 -0700

You don’t have to start from scratch - drives can be converted to NTFS
without reinstall:

http://www.fixyourwindows.com/optimizewindowsntfs.htm

Good Luck! 

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"anonymous@discussions.microsoft.com" wrote:
> I am using Windows XP Home Edition and my comp HD is 
> formatted using Fat32. The comp HD is 40GB and is in two 
> partitions. I have recently purchased a 60GB external 
> drive which I wish to use for backup. This drive has been 
> formatted using NTFS. I wish to convert my comp HD to 
> NTFS. Can anyone please advise what is the best way to do 
> this without losing all my files. I was thinking of 
> using "backup" to copy all my files to the external drive 
> then formatting my computer HD and reinstalling Windows 
> using NTFS. Then reinstalling backup to my comp HD.
> Is this feasable? I am not very computer literate so I 
> would appreciate if you could keep it as simple as 
> possible.
> 
> Dave
>

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