[173] in winnt
Re: Converting from FAT to NTFS
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Leonard Kimble Jr)
Thu Jun 25 12:57:56 1998
Date: Thu, 25 Jun 1998 12:57:03 -0400
To: Mitchel Price <mprice@MIT.EDU>, winnt@MIT.EDU
From: Leonard Kimble Jr <lkimble@MIT.EDU>
In-Reply-To: <2.2.32.19980625140245.008d8024@po10.mit.edu>
Hi Mitch.
Within the directory c:\winnt\system32, there is a file called convert.exe.
If you open a command prompt, you can type "convert /?". This will show
the following help file:
Converts FAT volumes to NTFS.
CONVERT drive: /FS:NTFS [/V]
drive Specifies the drive to convert to NTFS. Note that
you cannot convert the current drive.
/FS:NTFS Specifies to convert the volume to NTFS.
/V Specifies that Convert should be run in verbose mode.
So, in order to convert drive c from FAT to NTFS, you'd type:
convert c: /FS:NTFS
The conversion will take place at the system's next reboot. And note:
There is no turning back. Once the partition is converted to NTFS, you
cant convert it back to FAT (without deleting the partition and starting
over, of course).
Good Luck,
Leonard
At 10:02 AM 6/25/98 -0400, Mitchel Price wrote:
>Hey there. On your Issues for End Users and Administrators (Windows NT at
>MIT) web page, you mention that "You can easily convert from FAT to NTFS
>with the built-in convert command". I was wondering exactly how I go about
>doing this. I'm not really sure how to use this convert command, or where
>to find it.
>
>Thanks,
>
>Mitch Price
>
>
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