Re: Change Folders to Files

Jim

Glad problem solved!


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Gerry
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Jim Cladingboel wrote:
Hi Gerry,

I took the plunge and converted to NTFS. Procedure was smooth as
silk, no problems, and to my surprise, the partition looks just the
same as it did before.
Many thanks,

Jim.

"Gerry" <gerry@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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Jim

If everything is backed up elsewhere why bother converting? Reformat
as NTFS?

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Hope this helps.

Gerry
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Jim Cladingboel wrote:
Gerry,
I have two separate HDDs plus a large external HDD.
O/S is on Drive 0. This partition is on Drive 1. It is 36.4 GB
total with 26.2 free.
It is backed up to the EHDD every week using Karen's Replicator.
It contains no programs. I basically use it as workspace to assemble
data to create DVD images etc, but it also holds my weekly backup
image of Drive C and, because this sometimes exceeds 2 GB, creating
a split file, I decided on the change to NTFS.
My reason for not proceeding with Chkdsk /f is that I couldn't
imagine what the partition contents would look like after the
proposed conversion. I've never come across a situation like this
before. Changing folders
to files sounds like chaos.
Conversion will be done with Paragon Hard Disk Manager V.8.00
Thanks for the URL. I had overlooked the need to align first.

Many thanks, Jim.

"Gerry" <gerry@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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Jim

Firstly have you backed up any important data files?

How were you trying to convert a FAT32 partition to NTFS?

What exactly is in the partition? Is the windows operating system
there? How large is partition? Is there another partition
containing sufficient free space to which you might move the
contents or some of the contents? Any article containing advice on
converting: http://aumha.org/win5/a/ntfscvt.htm

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Hope this helps.

Gerry
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Stourport, England
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Jim Cladingboel wrote:
While attempting to change a Fat32 partition to NTFS I was
informed of errors which required CHKDSK to fix.
Using Cmd Chkdsk /f, DOS responded that Chkdsk could not function
unless all folders were changed to files.
I backed out at that point as I could not understand what this
implied. That partition contains a wide variety of folders, with
subfolders, mostly containing images.
What, if anything, should I do? Thanks for all help.

Jim.


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