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Oliver Powell
Have you ever come across an excellent tip about how to change or modify the existing file system to a new one? Tough, you are a techy person but don't know how to do it, then just keep on and I will show you the most easy steps after which, you can successfully change your system to a new one.
There are various types of software are also available to do the same, but using command prompt is the easiest way.
But before all of this, you should do two things at first:
1)Backup all your data: In case, you forget to perform some needy steps or something goes wrong, then you might loose your existing data. So it's important to take backup and distribute it on more than 3 places like write it on CD/DVD, copy to removable media storage, backup online etc.
2)Verify the file System: Double check the existing file system of the drive you want to change to a different one. This is to ensure yourself that weather you have successfully changed your file system or not. To do this, just right click on any of the desired hard drive partitions and click on 'properties'
There are various types of software are also available to do the same, but using command prompt is the easiest way.
But before all of this, you should do two things at first:
1)Backup all your data: In case, you forget to perform some needy steps or something goes wrong, then you might loose your existing data. So it's important to take backup and distribute it on more than 3 places like write it on CD/DVD, copy to removable media storage, backup online etc.
2)Verify the file System: Double check the existing file system of the drive you want to change to a different one. This is to ensure yourself that weather you have successfully changed your file system or not. To do this, just right click on any of the desired hard drive partitions and click on 'properties'
Important: this method is only for Windows XP, Vista & Windows 7. For any other OS, contact your hardware manufacturer about how to do the same.
When you are all set to perform the action, just follow the below described steps:
1. Open CMD prompt by going to 'start' and then ‘run’. Small box will appear, type CMD and hit 'enter'. You need to follow the same steps on all of the mentioned OS.
2. To check and fix, if there is any errors, type “chkdsk c: /f” without quotes, where c is the desired drive letter to perform needy steps. This will check your volume for errors and fixes them automatically.
3. Type “Convert C: /FS:NTFS” again without quotes and C is the drive letter to undergo conversion. This will take some time and after successful conversion, CMD will display the same.
Note: In between, if you're asked to dismount the drive or not, click agree, otherwise process will continue.
4. Check 'properties' of the converted drive to verify weather the operation is successful or not.
That's all about how to convert FAT32 to NTFS without loosing your priceless data. People often get messed up about how to do this, but in this article I had tried to describe steps as easy as possible. So, it’s become easier for computer illiterate and even non techie person can perform it without troubles. For more information about convert.exe, type “help convert” (without quotes) on the CMD prompt window and press enter and you will get the list of helpful commands.
