I have a usb external hard drive that I am trying to convert from FAT32 to
NTFS .I opened command prompt and typed in ( convert G:/FS:NTFS) pressed
enter and got the reply : The type of file system is FAT 32 . Enter current
volume label for drive G : I entered G and then I got a message saying An
incorrect volume label was entered for this drive .What am I doing wrong any
help please? Or is there any other way to convert to NTFS
"Albert Smith" <albert.smith@tele2.se> wrote in message
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>I have a usb external hard drive that I am trying to convert from FAT32 to
>NTFS .I opened command prompt and typed in ( convert G:/FS:NTFS) pressed
>enter and got the reply : The type of file system is FAT 32 . Enter current
>volume label for drive G : I entered G and then I got a message saying An
>incorrect volume label was entered for this drive .What am I doing wrong
>any help please? Or is there any other way to convert to NTFS
I still get the same message no matter what combination of small or capital
letters I use
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> "Albert Smith" <albert.smith@tele2.se> wrote in message
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>>I have a usb external hard drive that I am trying to convert from FAT32 to
>>NTFS .I opened command prompt and typed in ( convert G:/FS:NTFS) pressed
>>enter and got the reply : The type of file system is FAT 32 . Enter
>>current volume label for drive G : I entered G and then I got a message
>>saying An incorrect volume label was entered for this drive .What am I
>>doing wrong any help please? Or is there any other way to convert to NTFS
>
>
> I think the syntax should be convert G: /fs:ntfs
On Mon, 19 Nov 2007 20:41:57 +0100, in
microsoft.public.windowsxp.basics "Albert Smith"
<albert.smith@tele2.se> wrote:
> I have a usb external hard drive that I am trying to convert from FAT32 to
> NTFS .I opened command prompt and typed in ( convert G:/FS:NTFS) pressed
> enter and got the reply : The type of file system is FAT 32 . Enter current
> volume label for drive G : I entered G and then I got a message saying An
> incorrect volume label was entered for this drive .What am I doing wrong any
> help please? Or is there any other way to convert to NTFS
G is the drive letter, not the volume label. You may or may not have a
volume label, and if you don't know what it is, it's probably blank.
Enter nothing and press enter.
By the way, before you use the convert command, first read http://www.aumha.org/a/ntfscvt.htm because there's an issue regarding
cluster size that isn't obvious.
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Ken Blake, Microsoft MVP Windows - Shell/User
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Tanks Ken but I`m afraid that does not work either.
"Ken Blake, MVP" <kblake@this.is.am.invalid.domain> wrote in message
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> On Mon, 19 Nov 2007 20:41:57 +0100, in
> microsoft.public.windowsxp.basics "Albert Smith"
> <albert.smith@tele2.se> wrote:
>
>> I have a usb external hard drive that I am trying to convert from FAT32
>> to
>> NTFS .I opened command prompt and typed in ( convert G:/FS:NTFS) pressed
>> enter and got the reply : The type of file system is FAT 32 . Enter
>> current
>> volume label for drive G : I entered G and then I got a message saying An
>> incorrect volume label was entered for this drive .What am I doing wrong
>> any
>> help please? Or is there any other way to convert to NTFS
>
>
> G is the drive letter, not the volume label. You may or may not have a
> volume label, and if you don't know what it is, it's probably blank.
> Enter nothing and press enter.
>
> By the way, before you use the convert command, first read
> http://www.aumha.org/a/ntfscvt.htm because there's an issue regarding
> cluster size that isn't obvious.
>
> --
> Ken Blake, Microsoft MVP Windows - Shell/User
> Please Reply to the Newsgroup
On Mon, 19 Nov 2007 22:52:46 +0100, "Albert Smith"
<albert.smith@tele2.se> wrote:
> Tanks Ken but I`m afraid that does not work either.
The blank volume label doesn't work? In that case, just open My
Computer with the drive connected. You'll see its label there.
> "Ken Blake, MVP" <kblake@this.is.am.invalid.domain> wrote in message
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> > On Mon, 19 Nov 2007 20:41:57 +0100, in
> > microsoft.public.windowsxp.basics "Albert Smith"
> > <albert.smith@tele2.se> wrote:
> >
> >> I have a usb external hard drive that I am trying to convert from FAT32
> >> to
> >> NTFS .I opened command prompt and typed in ( convert G:/FS:NTFS) pressed
> >> enter and got the reply : The type of file system is FAT 32 . Enter
> >> current
> >> volume label for drive G : I entered G and then I got a message saying An
> >> incorrect volume label was entered for this drive .What am I doing wrong
> >> any
> >> help please? Or is there any other way to convert to NTFS
> >
> >
> > G is the drive letter, not the volume label. You may or may not have a
> > volume label, and if you don't know what it is, it's probably blank.
> > Enter nothing and press enter.
> >
> > By the way, before you use the convert command, first read
> > http://www.aumha.org/a/ntfscvt.htm because there's an issue regarding
> > cluster size that isn't obvious.
> >
> > --
> > Ken Blake, Microsoft MVP Windows - Shell/User
> > Please Reply to the Newsgroup
>
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Albert Smith wrote:
> I have a usb external hard drive that I am trying to convert from
> FAT32 to NTFS .I opened command prompt and typed in ( convert
> G:/FS:NTFS) pressed enter and got the reply : The type of file
> system is FAT 32 . Enter current volume label for drive G : I
> entered G and then I got a message saying An incorrect volume
> label was entered for this drive .What am I doing wrong any help
> please? Or is there any other way to convert to NTFS
Ken Blake, MVP wrote:
> G is the drive letter, not the volume label. You may or may not
> have a volume label, and if you don't know what it is, it's
> probably blank. Enter nothing and press enter.
>
> By the way, before you use the convert command, first read
> http://www.aumha.org/a/ntfscvt.htm because there's an issue
> regarding cluster size that isn't obvious.
Albert Smith wrote:
> Tanks Ken but I`m afraid that does not work either.
Ken Blake, MVP wrote:
> The blank volume label doesn't work? In that case, just open My
> Computer with the drive connected. You'll see its label there.
On the computer with the drive connected, open a command prompt.
Change into the G:\ drive *as it is now*.
G:\
<enter>
Now type in the following:
dir /p
<enter>
That will stop the screen from scrolling too far. At the top you should see
Volume in drive G has no label
OR
Volume in drive G is <LABEL HERE>
If it says "has no label", you may have other issues.
If it says "is...", you type in whatever is after that for the label name
when prompted by convert.
"Albert Smith" <albert.smith@tele2.se> wrote in message
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>I have a usb external hard drive that I am trying to convert from
>FAT32 to NTFS .I opened command prompt and typed in ( convert
>G:/FS:NTFS) pressed enter and got the reply : The type of file system
>is FAT 32 . Enter current volume label for drive G : I entered G and
>then I got a message saying An incorrect volume label was entered for
>this drive .What am I doing wrong any help please? Or is there any
>other way to convert to NTFS
>
Volume label is a string, something you used to *name* that volume.
It is NOT a drive designator, like "C:" or "G:". If the partition
doesn't have a volume identifier string, leave the response just as
blank.
When you run the "dir g:" command in a DOS shell, what does it say is
the volume label for that partition? The top line says:
thanks I was getting a little confused because the how to document I was
reading from only refered to the drive letter once I entered the drive
name(volume) it converted.
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> "Albert Smith" <albert.smith@tele2.se> wrote in message
> news:eBgHARuKIHA.5160@TK2MSFTNGP05.phx.gbl...
>>I have a usb external hard drive that I am trying to convert from FAT32 to
>>NTFS .I opened command prompt and typed in ( convert G:/FS:NTFS) pressed
>>enter and got the reply : The type of file system is FAT 32 . Enter
>>current volume label for drive G : I entered G and then I got a message
>>saying An incorrect volume label was entered for this drive .What am I
>>doing wrong any help please? Or is there any other way to convert to NTFS
>>
>
>
> Volume label is a string, something you used to *name* that volume. It is
> NOT a drive designator, like "C:" or "G:". If the partition doesn't have
> a volume identifier string, leave the response just as blank.
>
> When you run the "dir g:" command in a DOS shell, what does it say is the
> volume label for that partition? The top line says:
>
> "Volume in drive G is <volumelabel>"
>
> Windows Explorer will show the volume label, too.
>
Cannot convert FAT32 to NTFS 
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