Joel <Joel@NoSpam.com> wrote in
news:88n974ppo60vu3b151vs46a7oeo915fkbi@4ax.com:
> I just found out that my external 500GB USB hard drive is FAT32
> which has
> max size limited to 4GB, and I am dealing with lot of >4.xGB. I have
> 2 external 500GB SATA one I bought hard drive and enclosure separately
> and I formatted it NTFS, the new one is WD 500GB USB2 which formatted
> as FAT32
>
> Here is the information I have.
>
> 1. I have Partition Magic v8.x but I read it only support up to 300GB
>
> 2. I am using Win XP and I just found out it has a util called
> CONVERT.EXE to convert FAT32 to NTFS using the command below
>
> convert O: /fs:ntfs <=- O is the drive letter of the external
>
> *But* I run into the same old problem (I just spent 1/2 hr
> Googling
> around) but just can't be able to find the answer. Or just about all
> the answers I found are for either regular internal IDE drive ir less
> than 300GB, when my is external 500GB USB2 drive
>
> ERROR -"Convert cannot run because the volume is in use by another
> process"
>
> First I played SAFE by answering "N" (to abort) after several
> different
> combinations I answer "Y" to all questions like: Dismount, Schedule to
> convert on the next reboot etc.. but none works.
>
> I read there is a shareware program called "BootIt Next
> Generation" which
> supports uo to 2TG, but it doesn't mention anything about external USB
> drive, or doesn't say much about converting. I downloaded the
> BootItNG, to see it has bunch of small files inside a ZIP file
> (haven't tried to run yet).
>
> Hmmm I may check with Weesten Digital site see if they have any
> util to
> convert their external HD to NTFS????
>
> And because shed me some light how to convert FAT32->NTFS on
> external
> 500GB. Thanks
>
I am pretty sure you can repartition your disk using windows or the WD
utilities and make it NTFS. You have to repartition and reformat though,
which means it's a good idea to do that when you buy the disk.
> Joel <Joel@NoSpam.com> wrote in
> news:88n974ppo60vu3b151vs46a7oeo915fkbi@4ax.com:
>
> > I just found out that my external 500GB USB hard drive is FAT32
> > which has
> > max size limited to 4GB, and I am dealing with lot of >4.xGB. I have
> > 2 external 500GB SATA one I bought hard drive and enclosure separately
> > and I formatted it NTFS, the new one is WD 500GB USB2 which formatted
> > as FAT32
> >
> > Here is the information I have.
> >
> > 1. I have Partition Magic v8.x but I read it only support up to 300GB
> >
> > 2. I am using Win XP and I just found out it has a util called
> > CONVERT.EXE to convert FAT32 to NTFS using the command below
> >
> > convert O: /fs:ntfs <=- O is the drive letter of the external
> >
> > *But* I run into the same old problem (I just spent 1/2 hr
> > Googling
> > around) but just can't be able to find the answer. Or just about all
> > the answers I found are for either regular internal IDE drive ir less
> > than 300GB, when my is external 500GB USB2 drive
> >
> > ERROR -"Convert cannot run because the volume is in use by another
> > process"
> >
> > First I played SAFE by answering "N" (to abort) after several
> > different
> > combinations I answer "Y" to all questions like: Dismount, Schedule to
> > convert on the next reboot etc.. but none works.
> >
> > I read there is a shareware program called "BootIt Next
> > Generation" which
> > supports uo to 2TG, but it doesn't mention anything about external USB
> > drive, or doesn't say much about converting. I downloaded the
> > BootItNG, to see it has bunch of small files inside a ZIP file
> > (haven't tried to run yet).
> >
> > Hmmm I may check with Weesten Digital site see if they have any
> > util to
> > convert their external HD to NTFS????
> >
> > And because shed me some light how to convert FAT32->NTFS on
> > external
> > 500GB. Thanks
> >
>
> I am pretty sure you can repartition your disk using windows or the WD
> utilities and make it NTFS. You have to repartition and reformat though,
> which means it's a good idea to do that when you buy the disk.
I checked with WD web site and they don't have any converter to offer, but
they have some advice to offer.
1. Using the CONVERT.EXE come with Windows and they advice not to use it as
they hear it's high rate of data loss. And it worked after 1/2 dozen tries
which I already reported but it sounds like the message didn't make it
through.
2. WD's 2nd option is to backup the hard drive then re-FDISK to NTFS which I
don't want to do, even didn't have lot of data at the moment (now I have
around 100GB) cuz I wanna take my chance to learn new thing that I have
never tried in over 3 decades of computing.
BTW, I have finally be able to get the CONVERT command to work later on
the same day (after system crashed and had to reboot).
> There is a shareware utility called DFSEE (www.dfsee.com) that might be
> able to do what you need. The author participates in a Yahoo group
> helping registered users, but her might have been a question about your
> issue you can find.
>
>
> Alan
Thanks for the information, and I guess my updated message didn't make it
out (I had little problem with my reader for almost 2 days).
BTW, I have the FAT32 converted to NTFS later on the same day, and I
already posted the message with all small detail.
In <619r74dlkhs67ii6qeq2jcl9e1rfnilk9a@4ax.com>, on 07/16/08
at 02:32 AM, Joel <Joel@NoSpam.com> said:
> Thanks for the information, and I guess my updated message didn't make
>it out (I had little problem with my reader for almost 2 days).
> BTW, I have the FAT32 converted to NTFS later on the same day, and I
>already posted the message with all small detail.
I'm glad. I am not overly computer literate, and the author of DFSEE has
been a great help to me (I registered it, but haven't been able to afford
to ugrade to the latest version, yet he still helps me.)
Alan
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