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pq magic no floppy and fat32
Name: mike garver Date: December 19, 2004 at 07:14:13 Pacific OS: win xp sp2 CPU/Ram: 3.0/1gig
Comment:
HELP WITH FAT32 PQ MAGIC AND NO FLOPPY!!!!!!!
i need to change my computers(4of them ) back to fat32 from ntfs. is this possible if i have no floppy in any computer?? i want to purchase pq magic today to help with this but i am waiting to see if i can do it without floppy.
Name: Jeremy Kitching Date: December 19, 2004 at 07:40:57 Pacific
Reply:
I do not believe there is a way to convert an NTFS partition back to a FAT/FAT32 partition without the use of a third-party software.
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Response Number 2
Name: ectoplasme Date: December 19, 2004 at 08:31:54 Pacific
Reply:
You don't need any floppies to convert from NTFS to FAT32 with PQ Partition Magic. I know I have done it a few times.
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Response Number 3
Name: per Date: December 19, 2004 at 09:51:48 Pacific
Reply:
ectoplasme is correct. BACKUP before doing it. PQ has been known to trash the o/s occasionally doing this procedure.
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