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Convert Fat32 to NTFS on one partition ?
I have 2 x 80Gb Hard Drives Partitioned with Partition Magic V8.01.
Drive 1 : "C" Fat 32 - WinXP Home - 20 Gb "C" Fat 32 - WinME (hidden) - 20 Gb "E" Fat 32 - Data - 40Gb Drive 2 : "D" Fat 32 - Data - 40 Gb "F" Fat 32 - Data - 40 Gb I use "F" for CDR recording , but would like to use it for DVD as well. To overcome the Fat32, 4Gb file limit? can I convert "F" to NTFS, and still be able to swap files between partitions ? (Could the NTFS partition be accessed when booted to WinME?) (Got lost in the MS knowledge base) :-) |
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Win Me, in common with all of the Win 9x operating systems, cannot
natively either read or write NTFS volumes. -- Mike Maltby MS-MVP Sunny wrote: I have 2 x 80Gb Hard Drives Partitioned with Partition Magic V8.01. Drive 1 : "C" Fat 32 - WinXP Home - 20 Gb "C" Fat 32 - WinME (hidden) - 20 Gb "E" Fat 32 - Data - 40Gb Drive 2 : "D" Fat 32 - Data - 40 Gb "F" Fat 32 - Data - 40 Gb I use "F" for CDR recording , but would like to use it for DVD as well. To overcome the Fat32, 4Gb file limit? can I convert "F" to NTFS, and still be able to swap files between partitions ? (Could the NTFS partition be accessed when booted to WinME?) (Got lost in the MS knowledge base) :-) |
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Hi,
You can convert it, but.... - You will not be able to access it from the WinME installation without help from a third party tool (you'll find one at sysinternals.com). - Any files larger than 4GB will have to remain on the "F" volume, you won't be able to move them to one of the FAT32 volumes. -- Best of Luck, Rick Rogers, aka "Nutcase" - Microsoft MVP http://mvp.support.microsoft.com/ Associate Expert - WindowsXP Expert Zone www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/expertzone Windows help - www.rickrogers.org "Sunny" wrote in message ... I have 2 x 80Gb Hard Drives Partitioned with Partition Magic V8.01. Drive 1 : "C" Fat 32 - WinXP Home - 20 Gb "C" Fat 32 - WinME (hidden) - 20 Gb "E" Fat 32 - Data - 40Gb Drive 2 : "D" Fat 32 - Data - 40 Gb "F" Fat 32 - Data - 40 Gb I use "F" for CDR recording , but would like to use it for DVD as well. To overcome the Fat32, 4Gb file limit? can I convert "F" to NTFS, and still be able to swap files between partitions ? (Could the NTFS partition be accessed when booted to WinME?) (Got lost in the MS knowledge base) :-) |
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When running XP you will be able to both read and write to all volumes
that are formatted using either the FAT or NTFS filing systems. There's also no reason why you shouldn't run a system that has both FAT and NTFS volumes. I have one such system here. As Rick has mentioned third party tools exist that can be installed on Win Me that will allow it to read and sometimes also to write to NTFS volumes. -- Mike Maltby MS-MVP Sunny wrote: Thanks Mike M, WinXP (Fat 32) would be able to read/write to all partitions OK? (Files raised in the NTFS and transferred to a Fat32 partition, or vice versa) Not too concerned about losing sight of 40Gb while In WinME, as long as I can retain control when in WinXP. |
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Thanks to both of you.
Cheers "Rick "Nutcase" Rogers" wrote in message news:uis5p5Q% - You will not be able to access it from the WinME installation without help from a third party tool (you'll find one at sysinternals.com). - Any files larger than 4GB will have to remain on the "F" volume, you won't be able to move them to one of the FAT32 volumes. "Mike M" wrote in message ... When running XP you will be able to both read and write to all volumes that are formatted using either the FAT or NTFS filing systems. There's also no reason why you shouldn't run a system that has both FAT and NTFS volumes. I have one such system here. As Rick has mentioned third party tools exist that can be installed on Win Me that will allow it to read and sometimes also to write to NTFS volumes. |
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In ,
Sunny typed: can I convert "F" to NTFS, and still be able to swap files between partitions ? Yes. Windows XP can use NTFS, FAT32, FAT16, and FAT12, in any and all combinations, regardless of what file system it itself is installed on. (Could the NTFS partition be accessed when booted to WinME?) No. Windows Me can not see NTFS at all. -- Ken Blake - Microsoft MVP Windows: Shell/User Please reply to the newsgroup |
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If you have a file size problem on the F drive, you would need to also
convert the XP C drive if you need to move files between F and C. As long as files exceeding 4GB stayed on the F drive only, you would be OK. The ME C drive would not be able to access the F drive after the conversion. I can see no reason why you can't convert the XP C drive in any case. The issue only exists with the drives that ME can see. -- Colin Barnhorst [MVP Windows - Virtual Machine] "Sunny" wrote in message ... I have 2 x 80Gb Hard Drives Partitioned with Partition Magic V8.01. Drive 1 : "C" Fat 32 - WinXP Home - 20 Gb "C" Fat 32 - WinME (hidden) - 20 Gb "E" Fat 32 - Data - 40Gb Drive 2 : "D" Fat 32 - Data - 40 Gb "F" Fat 32 - Data - 40 Gb I use "F" for CDR recording , but would like to use it for DVD as well. To overcome the Fat32, 4Gb file limit? can I convert "F" to NTFS, and still be able to swap files between partitions ? (Could the NTFS partition be accessed when booted to WinME?) (Got lost in the MS knowledge base) :-) |
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"Sunny" wrote:
I have 2 x 80Gb Hard Drives Partitioned with Partition Magic V8.01. Drive 1 : "C" Fat 32 - WinXP Home - 20 Gb "C" Fat 32 - WinME (hidden) - 20 Gb "E" Fat 32 - Data - 40Gb Drive 2 : "D" Fat 32 - Data - 40 Gb "F" Fat 32 - Data - 40 Gb I use "F" for CDR recording , but would like to use it for DVD as well. To overcome the Fat32, 4Gb file limit? can I convert "F" to NTFS, and still be able to swap files between partitions ? (Could the NTFS partition be accessed when booted to WinME?) (Got lost in the MS knowledge base) :-) In addition to converting the partition to NTFS you will have to align it properly for NTFS. Otherwise it may end up with a 512 byte cluster size instead of 4K and that makes the use of the drive much less efficient. Your Partition Magic will be able to align the partition boundary properly but I am not sure if it will do so automatically when you convert (assuming you use PM rather than the XP conversion utility). See MVP Alex Nichol's article on converting to NTFS at http://www.aumha.org/win5/a/ntfscvt.htm Good luck Ron Martell Duncan B.C. Canada -- Microsoft MVP On-Line Help Computer Service http://onlinehelp.bc.ca "The reason computer chips are so small is computers don't eat much." |
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Thanks to everyone :-)
Will be using Partition Magic, but what I have to watch is that Boot Magic needs a Fat32 partition. Any attempt to Install BootMagic inWinXP, gets me "Boot Magic is already install and cannot be installed twice" "Ron Martell" wrote in message ... "Sunny" wrote: I have 2 x 80Gb Hard Drives Partitioned with Partition Magic V8.01. Drive 1 : "C" Fat 32 - WinXP Home - 20 Gb "C" Fat 32 - WinME (hidden) - 20 Gb "E" Fat 32 - Data - 40Gb Drive 2 : "D" Fat 32 - Data - 40 Gb "F" Fat 32 - Data - 40 Gb I use "F" for CDR recording , but would like to use it for DVD as well. To overcome the Fat32, 4Gb file limit? can I convert "F" to NTFS, and still be able to swap files between partitions ? (Could the NTFS partition be accessed when booted to WinME?) (Got lost in the MS knowledge base) :-) In addition to converting the partition to NTFS you will have to align it properly for NTFS. Otherwise it may end up with a 512 byte cluster size instead of 4K and that makes the use of the drive much less efficient. Your Partition Magic will be able to align the partition boundary properly but I am not sure if it will do so automatically when you convert (assuming you use PM rather than the XP conversion utility). See MVP Alex Nichol's article on converting to NTFS at http://www.aumha.org/win5/a/ntfscvt.htm Good luck Ron Martell Duncan B.C. Canada -- Microsoft MVP On-Line Help Computer Service http://onlinehelp.bc.ca "The reason computer chips are so small is computers don't eat much." |
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