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Fat32 to NTFS
Name: samiam Date: November 12, 2002 at 11:45:27 Pacific OS: W2k ADV SRVR CPU/Ram: XP1600/256
Comment:
What is the easiest way to convert a fat32 partition to an NTFS partition on W2K adv server operating system??
Name: Eric Date: November 12, 2002 at 12:25:11 Pacific
Reply:
I had a similar questions. Do the following.
convert x: /FS:NTFS
x = your partition.
Run this in a command shell. It will convert during the next reboot.
Eric
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Response Number 2
Name: samiam Date: November 12, 2002 at 12:46:15 Pacific
Reply:
Excellent thanks.
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Response Number 3
Name: Ronnie Date: November 13, 2002 at 07:18:18 Pacific
Reply:
Only problem with the convert command is that you end up with a very inefficient cluster size - 512bytes. I'm pretty sure that it has bad repercussions on fragmentation and disk performance.
Do a search on 'NTFS cluster size' and you'll find plenty of info
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