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NTFS and FAT32 partition
Name: Dave M Date: August 18, 2002 at 20:02:44 Pacific
Comment:
I have a compaq 8000 cto desktop with a 40G hard drive. It was partitioned from the factory with a 7+ gig (D) drive, and a 29+ gig (c) drive. I have win xp installed from the factory, AMD 1.47 processor. Does anyone know why (D) drive isn't also NTFS?? There is not a problem, I'm just attempting to educate myself.
Name: kyleinc Date: August 18, 2002 at 20:07:01 Pacific
Reply:
There really is no difference between NTFS and FAT32 other than NTFS is more secure and FAT32 is usable for older OS. If you want to change to NTFS simply format it as NTFS. This will erase all data on it, though.
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Response Number 2
Name: Bob PC Tech Date: August 18, 2002 at 20:21:24 Pacific
Reply:
Hi, or instead of formating and saying good-bye to any wanted files, use the convert command at the command prompt:
convert D: /fs:ntfs
Bob
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Response Number 3
Name: Squiff Date: August 19, 2002 at 01:29:30 Pacific
Reply:
It's in FAT32 because the compaq factory reset exe probably works in dos...
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Response Number 4
Name: Dave M Date: August 19, 2002 at 11:55:03 Pacific
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