fat32 to NTFS

[lavender]

 want to convert my computer drives from fat32 to NTFS i used the following commands

vol c: for the C: partition
convert c: /fs:ntfs


but it didnt work for me and it didnt prompt for any problem either



help?

[Rob Pomeroy]

How do you know it didn't work?

[lavender]

well, when i restarted the computer it still has the fat32 next to the volume name

[street1 (RIP)]

Read the below site. :-?


http://www.microsoft.com/technet/prodtechnol/winxppro/maintain/convertfat.mspx

[Neil]

Why do you want to convert to NTFS? A conversion can make your drive messy in terms of fragmentation, so make sure you defragment afterwards. Unless you have a specific reason for converting I would stick to FAT32 or if I really wanted to convert, I would do a clean format. Just my opinion though.

[street1 (RIP)]

Yes,that clean format and fresh install is the way to go. :-?

[GX1_Man]

Well as I recall he has no real XP CD.  

[Dilbert]

Wait - If he has no real Win CD, how'd he get it installed in the first place? Now, I don't condone piracy, but if I were a pirate, I'd make sure I had this kind of thing on CDs, just in case things like this come up. I'm sorry, but if you're gonna do something, even something illegal, do it with a minimum of sense.

Here's what I don't get, as well: If these people want a free operating system, why not use Linux, which is proven to be more stable than Windows and more secure. Plus, downloading an ISO and putting it on CD is legal.

[GX1_Man]

Wait - If he has no real Win CD, how'd he get it installed in the first place?

He "got it" with Win 98 and XP installed.  

http://www.computerhope.com/cgi-bin/yabb/YaBB.cgi?num=1166121117/15#15

On the other hand, just think how rich Bill Gates WOULD be if he had really sold all of those copies of XP Pro.

[Dilbert]

Bah humbug! I just got the slight majority of Windows XP Home security issues fixed. The last thing I need now is more services to disable.

[lavender]

 

Everybody seems to forget to help me and starts to grumble and by the way its SHE not HE

[Calum]

Replies 3, 4 and 5 are helping you or suggesting things to consider.
We sometimes get a bit carried away and forget ourselves.
And as for the she/he thing, most people don't look at the profile and your name doesn't give us much of a clue.
He is just a generic term, don't be offended.

What else do you need to know?
Did you read the links suggested?
Or the posts?

[Dilbert]

Sorry about that.

Try this:

convert C: /FS:NTFS /X

The /X switch forces a dismount of the drive. If that doesn't work, it's possible that CMD can't convert the host drive within Windows.

[lavender]

these commands doesnt work for me i even tried to format the drive and changing to NTFS but that too didnt work

[GX1_Man]

We sometimes get a bit carried away and forget ourselves.And as for the she/he thing, most people don't look at the profile and your name doesn't give us much of a clue. He is just a generic term, don't be offended.

No need to apologize for lack of political correctness, Calum. She should have said so, if that was an issue. We didn't know that was your photo, lavender.  

Everyone needs a real Windows CD sooner or later. In your case it appears to be sooner.

[Neil]

these commands doesnt work for me [highlight]i even tried to format the drive and changing to NTFS but that too didnt work[/highlight]

?
What happened? How did you try this.

[lavender]

well, someone told me when formating a drive to select NTFS in the options but it didnt work the same person told me to use a software called Magic partition

[panboy]

Well if your using windows XP and and your not trying to convert your OS drive all you should need to do is

Right Click on My Computer, Click Manage, find the Disk management page , in the right hand Pane click on the drive you want to format, right click and select format

Or run this command from dos prompt "CONVERT C: /FS:NTFS"

And what google said
http://www.aumha.org/win5/a/ntfscvt.php