Open the command prompt by doing this: Start > Run > "cmd" >From the command prompt type: convert e: /fs:ntfs (where E: is the drive letter of the drive you want to convert) You may be asked for the volume label, check "My Computer" for the volume label of that drive. You will need to restart to run the conversion.
--- In [email protected], [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > I hope someone can help me. I have an external hard drive that somehow is > set up with the File System FAT 32. When I tried to do a back up of my C: hard > drive to this external hard drive, it said there was not enough room because > FAT 32 will only do 4 gigs. My C; drive is 60 gigs and the external is 120 > gigs, so I know there is enough room. > > How do I go about changing the file system from FAT 32 to NTFS? I have poked > around but cannot find any info on how to do this. I would really appreciate > the detail on how to do this change. I have Windows XP Professional OS. > > Thank You, > > Jeanne > > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] If you have any questions or problems with any aspect of this site, please feel free to contact me directly [EMAIL PROTECTED] Please do not post personal issues directly to the group. To unsubscribe from this list, send an email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Thank you for using A-1 Computer Tech Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/A-1-Computer_Tech/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
