sorry to "bug" you ; do you know of any utility which can convert a volume from EXFAT to NTFS?
if not then no worries, but please email me and say so thank you ---------------------------------------- > From: furrine...@hotmail.com > To: marco.atz...@gmail.com > Subject: FW: cygwin-xfree Digest 5 Sep 2014 16:55:49 -0000 Issue 3554 > Date: Thu, 11 Sep 2014 16:18:05 -0400 > > I tried CONVERT from the NT command line > > > it says > > > > C:\Users\Tadeusz Szocik>convert /? > Converts a FAT volume to NTFS. > > CONVERT volume /FS:NTFS [/V] [/CvtArea:filename] [/NoSecurity] [/X] > > > volume Specifies the drive letter (followed by a colon), > mount point, or volume name. > /FS:NTFS Specifies that the volume will be converted to NTFS. > /V Specifies that Convert will be run in verbose mode. > /CvtArea:filename > Specifies a contiguous file in the root directory > that will be the place holder for NTFS system files. > /NoSecurity Specifies that the security settings on the converted > files and directories allow access by all users. > /X Forces the volume to dismount first if necessary. > All open handles to the volume will not be valid. > > C:\Users\Tadeusz Szocik>convert e: /fs:ntfs /nosecurity /x > CONVERT is not available for EXFAT drives. > > C:\Users\Tadeusz Szocik> > > > > > do you know of any other utility or do I have to reformat? > > > thank you > > > > > ---------------------------------------- >> From: furrine...@hotmail.com >> To: marco.atz...@gmail.com >> Subject: RE: cygwin-xfree Digest 5 Sep 2014 16:55:49 -0000 Issue 3554 >> Date: Thu, 11 Sep 2014 16:08:51 -0400 >> >> hi, I'd like to convert to NTFS. It says; "You should really consider >> converting the drive to NTFS with CONVERT.EXE." >> >> >> where is CONVERT.EXE? is this a Cygwin component or do I find it elsewhere? >> >> >> thank you >> >> ---------------------------------------- >>> Date: Thu, 11 Sep 2014 13:31:44 +0200 >>> From: marco.atz...@gmail.com >>> To: furrine...@hotmail.com; cygwin-xfree@cygwin.com >>> Subject: Re: FW: cygwin-xfree Digest 5 Sep 2014 16:55:49 -0000 Issue 3554 >>> >>> On 11/09/2014 11:51, t s wrote: >>>> >>>> From: furriner67 (at) hotmail.com >>>> To: cygwin-xfree (at) cygwin.com; marco.atzeri (at) gmail.com >>>> Subject: FW: cygwin-xfree Digest 5 Sep 2014 16:55:49 -0000 Issue 3554 >>>> Date: Thu, 11 Sep 2014 05:49:53 -0400 >>>> >>>> >>>> fwd >>>> >>>> please see file; >>>> >>>> cpm86.com/cygcheck.out >>>> >>>> why are my posts to cygwin-xfree@cygwin.com not going through? >>>> >>>> thank you >>>> >>> >>> this passed ;-) >>> >>> >>> as your disk is formatted as exFat and not as NTFS >>> >>> e: fd exFAT 122038Mb 81% CP UN CYGWIN >>> >>> I suggest this two readings: >>> >>> https://cygwin.com/faq.html#faq.using.chmod >>> https://cygwin.com/cygwin-ug-net/ntsec.html >>> >>> Regards >>> MArco -- Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html Documentation: http://x.cygwin.com/docs/ FAQ: http://x.cygwin.com/docs/faq/