Does anyone know how to convert the root partiton to NTFS when all you have on the machine is NT4W.

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#4, I get an error saying that it is a raw device and that it cannot convert it. Is there somthing I am doing wrong?

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Convert doesn't work because it says that there is not enough memory left on the disk. The disk is 60GB and around 60% full. Does anyone know how much space I need to convert Fat32 in NTFS

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Using Windows 2000? Here's an article from Microsoft support site: SYMPTOMS If you install Windows 2000 from a CD-ROM to a 20-gigabyte (GB) hard disk that uses the FAT32 file system, the installation succeeds. However, when you attempt to convert the file system to the NTFS file system by using the convert c: /fs:ntfs command, the conversion may not succeed. You may receive the following error message, even though the hard disk has more than 18 GB of free space: Conversion failed, not enough disk space on drive CAUSE The logical block address (LBA) is not calculated correctly for certain large Integrated Device Electronics (IDE) drives. RESOLUTION Read further at http://support.microsoft.com/support/kb/articles/q271/6/44.asp

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I am getting the same error than Ron Light... The type of the system files is RAW. CONVERT is not avalaible for the RAW devices. Anyone can help ? PS: its not my c:, its d: (the 16gb storage hdd) that i want to convert to ntfs.

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any advise? I've got a w2000 on my E partition, fat32 and 98se on C. I'd like to convert the E to NTFS but how should I do it? obviously it must be done under 98 but I don't have any program for that.

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If you haven't already found it, you convert a FAT or FAT32 drive to NTFS under NT or 2000 by typing "convert c: /fs:ntfs /v" at a command prompt. See the Windows help for more info. Windows 98 will NOT be able to see this drive after you change it to NTFS.

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I've got the same RAW issue. My drive worked fine yersterday, but when I woke up, WIN2K says it's not formatted, and it reads RAW in command line. I CAN see the directories on the drive in the Recovery Console, but cannot copy any files or change anything from it. Any help?

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Good one really

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I have done a bit of research and found that you cannot convert FAT32 to NTFS and retain your data. There is a utility that will allow NTFS to reconize FAT32. You can then migrate the data to a NTFS partition. The utility can be found at http://www.winternals.com/trynow/demos.shtml

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Hello i want to required my partation and data recover

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Quote -With PartitionMagic, convert file systems without losing data. Conversions include FAT to FAT32 and NTFS; FAT32 to FAT; NTFS to FAT and FAT32; Primary to Logical and vice versa; and FAT32 to NTFS under Windows 2000 Professional- http://www.powerquest.com/partitionmagic/

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#4, Jon, I can't thank you enough :) Win2k was hell to install on triple boot system and I couldn't convert one of my partitions to ntfs cos it had the boot.ini on it, it kept refusing, but now it's converting !!! =) Thanks

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Is there any tool to convert NTFS to FAT32 without lost of data or any problems? Or I should not play with it and do it with backup first and than format?

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