Can anyone tell me how to change from ntfs back to fat 32, not knowing what ntfs was when I upgraded from 98se I clicked it on during setup, now half my drive is ntfs and half fat 32. Help please.
"Teddi Bear" wrote in message news:ke7362d5nrqtsjgn09cm71l8i46b4tqua8@4ax.com... > Can anyone tell me how to change from ntfs back to fat 32, not > knowing what ntfs was when I upgraded from 98se I clicked it on during > setup, now half my drive is ntfs and half fat 32. Help please. I suspect you have a disk with two partitions (=drives), one of which is FAT32, then other NTFS. A partition can be either FAT32 or NTFS but not both. To change an NTFS partition back to FAT you would have to do this: - Back up the whole NTFS partition - Delete the NTFS partition - Create a FAT32 partition - Restore all your data. This is a complex operation that requires another Win2000/XP machine or a Bart PE boot CD. I recommend that you stick with NTFS - it is after all the native file system for Windows 2000.
Thanks for the info pegasus.On Wed, 10 May 2006 16:25:47 +1000, "Pegasus \(MVP\)" wrote: > >"Teddi Bear" wrote in message >news:ke7362d5nrqtsjgn09cm71l8i46b4tqua8@4ax.com... >> Can anyone tell me how to change from ntfs back to fat 32, not >> knowing what ntfs was when I upgraded from 98se I clicked it on during >> setup, now half my drive is ntfs and half fat 32. Help please. > >I suspect you have a disk with two partitions (=drives), >one of which is FAT32, then other NTFS. A partition >can be either FAT32 or NTFS but not both. To change >an NTFS partition back to FAT you would have to do this: >- Back up the whole NTFS partition >- Delete the NTFS partition >- Create a FAT32 partition >- Restore all your data. > >This is a complex operation that requires another >Win2000/XP machine or a Bart PE boot CD. >I recommend that you stick with NTFS - it is after >all the native file system for Windows 2000. >
