changing from FAT32 to NTFS
This is a discussion about changing from FAT32 to NTFS in the Windows Hardware category; i upgraded from win98se to win2000 pro final on a fat32 partition. and now i want to change from fat32 to ntfs partition and i don't want to re-install windows 2000. any ideas??.
i upgraded from win98se to win2000 pro final on a fat32 partition. and now i want to change from fat32 to ntfs partition and i don't want to re-install windows 2000. any ideas??
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i learned this in MCSE class
F:\>convert /?
Converts FAT volumes to NTFS.
CONVERT volume /FS:NTFS [/V]
volume Specifies the drive letter (followed by a colon),
mount point, or volume name.
/FS:NTFS Specifies that the volume to be converted to NTFS.
/V Specifies that Convert should be run in verbose mode.
F:\>convert /?
Converts FAT volumes to NTFS.
CONVERT volume /FS:NTFS [/V]
volume Specifies the drive letter (followed by a colon),
mount point, or volume name.
/FS:NTFS Specifies that the volume to be converted to NTFS.
/V Specifies that Convert should be run in verbose mode.
Quick question...
Does that convert to NTFS or NTFS 5.0?
Does that convert to NTFS or NTFS 5.0?

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good question.
and what does verbose mean??
and what does verbose mean??
Verbose tells the command to output extra information while it's doing it's job. It's very common to see that on UNIX commands (usually -v).