Help chaning file systems

I discovered recently that my Hard drives file system (Hard drive has my OS
on it, windows XP) is set to FAT32 and I'm trying to convert it to NTFS
without having to format it. I looked it up on several tech sites and did
everything they told me to.

All the sites said I would need t restart my computor. the CMD console also
said that. So I restart, and it goes through the steps of the conversion,
scans, finds the required space, and then gives me a message saying its
converting. But once its finished, the file system is still FAT32. It never
gives an error message or anything during the conversion, so I am stumped on
this one.
Help?

"ThisGuyNeedsHelp" <ThisGuyNeedsHelp@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in
message news:09F03753-DC5F-457F-9596-361D18B1BB9F@microsoft.com...
>
> I discovered recently that my Hard drives file system (Hard drive has my
> OS
> on it, windows XP) is set to FAT32 and I'm trying to convert it to NTFS
> without having to format it. I looked it up on several tech sites and did
> everything they told me to.
>
> All the sites said I would need t restart my computor. the CMD console
> also
> said that. So I restart, and it goes through the steps of the conversion,
> scans, finds the required space, and then gives me a message saying its
> converting. But once its finished, the file system is still FAT32. It
> never
> gives an error message or anything during the conversion, so I am stumped
> on
> this one.
> Help?

What command did you use to perform the conversion?

On Wed, 28 Nov 2007 05:40:01 -0800, ThisGuyNeedsHelp
<ThisGuyNeedsHelp@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote:

>
> I discovered recently that my Hard drives file system (Hard drive has my OS
> on it, windows XP) is set to FAT32 and I'm trying to convert it to NTFS
> without having to format it. I looked it up on several tech sites and did
> everything they told me to.


And exactly what they tell you that you did?

To convert to NTFS, you use the CONVERT command. But first read
http://www.aumha.org/a/ntfscvt.htm because there's an issue regarding
cluster size that isn't obvious.

Also note that conversion is a big step, affecting everything on your
drive. When you take such a big step, no matter how unlikely, it is
always possible that something could go wrong. For that reason, it's
prudent to make sure you have a backup of anything you can't afford to
lose before beginning.


> All the sites said I would need t restart my computor. the CMD console also
> said that. So I restart, and it goes through the steps of the conversion,
> scans, finds the required space, and then gives me a message saying its
> converting. But once its finished, the file system is still FAT32. It never
> gives an error message or anything during the conversion, so I am stumped on
> this one.
> Help?

--
Ken Blake, Microsoft MVP Windows - Shell/User
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Thanks alot.
Will do the change of cluster size tonight, will let you know how it works
out.