Converting from FAT32 to NTFS at a later time, Itz C00000L

[Hackr]

If you want, under W*NDOW$ XP you can convert your FAT32 partition to NTFS using the following command from your Command Prompt:

convert c: /fs:ntfs

 

[nEoN_wHitE]

can u tell me wats da diff between those 2???

 

[Anusha]

can u tell me wats da diff between those 2???

Check this out;
http://www.ntfs.com/ntfs_vs_fat.htm

 

[zerocool]

Dats Cool!

*note that you cannot convert system drive while you are in windows.


However NTFS partitions are better if you need to store larger files (more than 4GB) or to have some security, but if your partition got corrupted NTFS are harder to recover than FAT32.

You may convert all the partitions other than the system partition ( normally c: ) to NTFS and keep system partition in FAT32. It is faster and easy to recover if there is any corruption. Believe me i have exp.

 

[Anusha]

Why would you need to go through the tedious process of recovering the system partition, when you can keep an 1:1 copy of it on another partition and restore when something goes wrong? (ever heard about cloning partitions?)

The checkdisk in Windows XP always fixes the file system problems, so no problem there.

Usually NTFS shouldn't get corrupted unless you do potentially dangerous things like resizing partitions, changing cluster size etc. Most of the times the problems are not caused by NTFS, but the third party software you used to modify the filesystem.

 

[GTRZ]

There are software like Ontrack so it's not that much problem.
If you can try RAID and run NTFS then super speed and fast recovery.
Only private folders in NTFS are hard to recover. I mean if you make them private

 

[zerocool]

Why would you need to go through the tedious process of recovering the system partition, when you can keep an 1:1 copy of it on another partition and restore when something goes wrong? (ever heard about cloning partitions?)

The checkdisk in Windows XP always fixes the file system problems, so no problem there.

Usually NTFS shouldn't get corrupted unless you do potentially dangerous things like resizing partitions, changing cluster size etc. Most of the times the problems are not caused by NTFS, but the third party software you used to modify the filesystem.

First of all cloning partition is not practical since it is taking more diskspace.

Not only NTFS usually any kind of partition will not get corrupt. But you all know windows is not fully stable, also spywares and virusus are everywhere. What i said is NTFS is harder to recover than FAT32. That's why i said to keep system partition FAT32 and others NTFS.

You can use whatever you like on your pc (its not my prob ) just keep in mind that i have said such a thing.

Just a comment!

 

[Anusha]

First of all cloning partition is not practical since it is taking more diskspace.

That is not always the case. I have made an image of my system partition (which has a 5GB capacity) and the size of the image is only 650MiB. It only has the Windows folder. You just have to plan it well, and you will not be disappointed. And you have to use good software for that. For example, if something goes wrong with my system partition (say, I installed a new driver and at bootup it give a BSOD and I can't get into Windows), all I have to do it restore that image and I'm good to go (given that you have a bootable disk). It will take at most 3 minutes.

Not only NTFS usually any kind of partition will not get corrupt. But you all know windows is not fully stable, also spywares and virusus are everywhere. What i said is NTFS is harder to recover than FAT32. That's why i said to keep system partition FAT32 and others NTFS.

Windows XP SP2 with latest updates is as good as an OS could get, stability wise. I can leave it on for days without getting into any stability issues what so ever. Windows become unstable when you MAKE it unstable. For example, by installing junk software which do not conform to good programming techniques, or malfunctioning hardware or unsupported drivers (mainly digital unsigned drivers - but I'm not saying all the digitally unsigned drivers are bad) are the cause of instabilities.

 

[Anusha]

If anyone is gonna buy a new PC to run Vista 64-bit when it is released, be aware that Vista 64-bit wouldn't let you install any digitally unsigned drivers. So be careful when you are choosing devices; get them only from reputable companies, even if it costs a bit more.

 

[zerocool]

Oh yeah! It seems like we have a big time microsoft fan!

Do you know that Vista (beta versions) registration have been hacked already.

I think we will have hacks to use unsigned drivers on vista.

Long Live The Hackers

 

[Anusha]

Hacking Windows registration is one thing. It doesn't affect the well being of the OS. If you however get unsigned drivers installed and if it becomes unstable, it's not my problem is it? I just wanted to give a tip for people who are looking forward to buying a new computer.

Anyway, back to the original topic...
I just remembered something about FAT32 --> NTFS conversion. Formatting with NTFS is the preferred way, because the cluster size after conversion is 512bytes and this (small size) adversely affect performance. The default cluster size is 4kB. You can always change the 512byte cluster size to 4kB cluster size using a third party software like partition magic, but there is a high risk of data corruption.

 

[zerocool]

I just typed a whole page but i just deleted it. No point just a wast of time.

 

[Anusha]

Too bad

 

[themera]

thank u thank u

 

[Anusha]

You sure know how to dig old threads, themera

 

[zerocool]

You sure know how to dig old threads, themera

 

[Anusha]

LOL
What's up Zerocool?

 

[Novindu]

hey wow..... yeah i kno what cool says coz i had a prob with what u saying

 

[Anusha]

What I meant was, the last poster (me ) posted a reply to this thread before themera, more than a month ago. Either there aren't enough threads in this section, or themera is a good digger

 

[zerocool]

Guyz let this thread die...