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I have a 250gb external drive formatted in FAT32. I want to start working with video/dvd files which get very big and I can't do that on fat32. I want to make a NTFS partition on the drive so I can work with large files. For example 250gb (100 fat32 partition (left as is now on drive) and (Make a 150gb NTFS partition on the drive. What do you guys think, will I have any problems later on?
GP Styll
Use Partition Magic (or equal) and resize what you have. An option will pop-up asking what to make(Fat32 or ntfs etc.) the new resized partitions.
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Why do you need FAT32? Is there a good reason to still use it aside from booting Windows 98?
If you don't need FAT32, then just use "convert" from the CLI.
Partitioning is also a bad idea, as it will invariably leave you with one full partition and one empty one.
Kerry
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Why do you need FAT32? Is there a good reason to still use it aside from booting Windows 98?
This is the way large format external hard drives are shipped by the manufactures, already formatted as fat32.Unity is strength.
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There is no need to keep them that way. Most of the time, they use FAT to make sure that the drive will show up any machine someone plugs it into (like a Mac, or Win98, or WinNT, etc.).
Kerry
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Yeah it was partitioned that way, but I needed for it to run on win98. Now I don't want the fat32 system, but I have very important files on it and I don't know if I should risk converting it to ntfs. That's why I thought making a ntfs partition would be an option.
GP Styll
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Any re-partitioning of the drive carries risk. Back up your important files (you should do that anyway) before attempting anything. I believe if you convert from fat to NTFS you may not get the large file size support you need. My recommendation would be to back up, delete the fat partition, create a new partition then format NTFS. You get the option I think to enable large file size during the format process.
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Thanks guys. I think I will just move the files to a different drive than format the whole drive with NTFS.
GP Styll
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Use ntbackup to copy the files then partition it as you like. While you are at it you can also do a backup of your computer, you ought to have one every so often anyway.
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