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How to Convert FAT32 file system to NTFS file system?

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Aug 02 2007

This method will help you convert your file system.

What is Difference between NTFS and FAT32.?

Volume size
FAT32 : Volumes size from 512 MB to 2TB. (but Windows XP, you can format a FAT32 volume up to 32 GB only.)
NTFS : Volumes size  from 10 MB to  2TB and range upward. For example, a dynamic disk formatted with a standard allocation unit size (4 KB) can have partitions of 16 TB minus 4KB.

File size
FAT32 : Maximum file size is 4 GB.
NTFS : File size limited only by size of volume.

Maximum files per volume.
FAT32 : 4,294,967,295 files.
NTFS : 65,534 files or folders per folder.

If you want to convert file system following  this step -

First : Close all open applications.

Use command line to convert
“Convert volume /FS:NTFS” (replace volume with drive letter example d:)

That’s it. If there are open files on the volume being converted, you’ll have to reboot your system for the process to complete.

Command Option:
•/nosecurity for reset security can accesseble by everyone
•/X forces volume to dismount first

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