converting fat32 to ntfs5?(just one more question)

[Big Bwana]

EDIT: does the pm 5.01 conversion convert the fat32 partitions to ntfs5? I couldn't find any documentation on the powerquest website about this..

Thanks,

BB



Howdy,

Is there a way I can convert my fat32 partitions to ntfs5 under win2k? does partition magig 5.01 do this?

Thanks,

BB

 

[compuser]

yup, i'm pretty sure pm 5 can do it but double check just in case.

edit:
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better yet, someone verify this pls.

 

[Need4Speed]

Win2k can convert fat32 to NTFS natively, but it cannot go back. You wont need Pqmagic unless u want to convert ntfs to fat32. check the help file in win2k for more info...it's a command line command, not windows based.

-p

 

[stash]

convert c: /fs:ntfs

 

[stash]

convert c: /fs:ntfs

 

[stash]

thats weird, it double posted--sorry folks

 

[rc5]

If you convert a FAT32 drive to NTFS format by M$ win2k convert command, it will use a whopping 512 byte per cluster, which can be painfully slow in HD performance.

It's better to do a format in case possible.

 

[Big Bwana]

oh my...512k...!

I'll check out pm 5. Thanks everyone!

BB

 

[Big Bwana]

up

 

[compuser]

uhhhh... no!

512 bytes AIN'T = to 512 k! big jump there buddy!

prolly made a 'reading typo' 🙂

 

[Big Bwana]

damn. yep. read that wrong. I didn't even stop to think about what the heck I was saying....whew

BB

 

[Jdog]

5.01 supports win2k. 5.0 will crud out. You should be able to find only 5.01 in stores by now. If you do purchase a 5.0, there is a ~30 MB update to make it compatible with win2k.