Monday, 19 May 2014
CONVERT FAT32 TO NTFS WITHOUT FORMAT.
While it is generally recommended to use the NTFS file system because of its stability, security and lesser defragmentation time, most of us end up using FAT32 because that is what most disks are preformatted with. Unless, we notice the “Not enough disk space error” despite disk space being available, we don't bother to change the file system. Moreover, most of us don't change it because of the risk of losing important data and lack of time (read laziness). As Microsoft was aware of this scenario, they added a capability in the command prompt to overcome this by executing a simple command. There are many software that support this too but the Convert command is one of the easiest ways to do so. Follow the steps below to know how:-
Important: While this method works perfectly, I would still advise you to backup your data in case anything goes wrong.
STEPS TO CONVERT.
- FIRST CHECK THE DRIVE NAME WHICH IS IN FAT32 AND U WANT TO CONVERT IN NTFS.
- OPEN CMD
- TYPE THIS chkdsk h:/f FOR CHECKING ERROR . HERE MY DRIVE IS H.SO IF U R DOING IN OTHER DRIVE THEN MODIFY IT. FOR EXAMPLE IF YOUR DRIVE WAS C THEN CODE WILL BE chkdsk c:/f
- WAIT FOR FINDING ERROR .
- NOW FOR CONVERTING TYPE THIS Convert H:/FS:NTFS . IF YOUR DRIVE IS C THEN TYPE THIS convert c:/fs:ntfs .
- WAIT FOR COMPLETING.
- ENJOY
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