Windows XP Vista Windows 7 Tips and IT Knowledge Network Wireless » fat32 to ntfs http://www.windowknowledge.com/it-blog Help you Expert on Windows system and IT Network Knowledge Sat, 09 Apr 2011 16:18:51 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 en hourly 1 How to Convert FAT32 file system to NTFS file system? http://www.windowknowledge.com/it-blog/windows-how-to/how-to-convert-fat32-file-system-to-ntfs-file-system/ http://www.windowknowledge.com/it-blog/windows-how-to/how-to-convert-fat32-file-system-to-ntfs-file-system/#comments Thu, 02 Aug 2007 05:37:40 +0000 Wongsak http://www.windowknowledge.com/it-blog/2007/08/02/secret-windows/how-to-convert-fat32-file-system-to-ntfs-file-system 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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