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if you convert to ntfs from fat32 do yo
Name: oo Date: February 7, 2002 at 15:00:59 Pacific
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if you convert to ntfs from fat32 do you lose the data on hard disk does it change anything on your computer.how do you do this i heard that ntfs is more reliable and faster and im wondering if i should do this.
Name: Steven Pyrah Date: February 7, 2002 at 15:21:18 Pacific
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No you do not loose any data
At DOS promt type CONVERT C: /FS:NTFS then follow prompts.
It does add more security but I wouldnt say it made it that much faster.
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Response Number 2
Name: Tman Date: February 7, 2002 at 21:48:53 Pacific
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Hello, It will become somewhat faster and you will be more secure because you can apply permissions for your files and folders however you will not be able to play games if you convert to NTFS. Just a word of caution.
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Response Number 3
Name: SeanC Date: February 8, 2002 at 02:13:46 Pacific
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Can't play games with NTFS??????? thats a new one on me...I have winxp pro on two pc's both formatted using NTFS and all my games new and old are fine...if u can't run games then i would suggest the problem lies somwhere else and not with NTFS.
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Response Number 4
Name: Barry Date: February 17, 2002 at 12:24:51 Pacific
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I recently converted to NTFS from FAT32 believing that all problems were sorted. My games are OK but when I burn files to a CD-RW disk they are now read only. So far I haven't been able to delete or change files on the CD-RW disk. The trouble is that with xp it can take a while before you find out all is not well.
Summary: I want to convert to NTFS from FAT32. Shold I back up everything important on my system? Can I move everything to a different partition convert and then move this information back? (Drive C to Drive D...
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