Guest marco Starglider Posted August 22, 2007 Posted August 22, 2007 hi, i 've got a new xternal hd with a capacity of 500 gig. it's formatted in fat32, and i already have about 40 gig's on it. 1. is it safe to convert it to NTFS using 'convert' from the command prompt, and will the data remain untouched? 2. is it necessary to run 'fsutil file createnew ' from the com prompt first? and what does it do? regards, m
Guest Tom Porterfield Posted August 22, 2007 Posted August 22, 2007 Re: converting to NTFS marco Starglider wrote: > hi, > > i 've got a new xternal hd with a capacity of 500 gig. > it's formatted in fat32, and i already have about 40 gig's > on it. > > 1. is it safe to convert it to NTFS using 'convert' from the > command prompt, and will the data remain untouched? Yes it is safe and the data will remain. Before doing the conversion you should first read http://www.aumha.org/win5/a/ntfscvt.htm for ways to avoid some possible issues. > 2. is it necessary to run 'fsutil file createnew ' from the com prompt > first? and what does it do? No, that is not necessary. -- Tom Porterfield
Guest marco Starglider Posted August 22, 2007 Posted August 22, 2007 Re: converting to NTFS tom, the article itself is pretty readable. however, the additional links are a little bit too much for me. is it safe if i just do a defragment, and then: com prompt: vol k: convert k: /fs:ntfs m ps is it better to add /x to the command? "Tom Porterfield" <tpporter@mvps.org> schreef in bericht news:eHC03yN5HHA.1992@TK2MSFTNGP03.phx.gbl... > marco Starglider wrote: >> hi, >> >> i 've got a new xternal hd with a capacity of 500 gig. >> it's formatted in fat32, and i already have about 40 gig's >> on it. >> >> 1. is it safe to convert it to NTFS using 'convert' from the >> command prompt, and will the data remain untouched? > > Yes it is safe and the data will remain. Before doing the conversion you > should first read http://www.aumha.org/win5/a/ntfscvt.htm for ways to > avoid some possible issues. > >> 2. is it necessary to run 'fsutil file createnew ' from the com prompt >> first? and what does it do? > > No, that is not necessary. > -- > Tom Porterfield
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