Today I got problem when try to copy some DVD images from the server to my external drive. I just forgot that FAT32 partition couldn’t hold the file which has size greater than 4GB. My PenDrive Sense formated using FAT32 partition. So today I must changed the partition into NTFS format. But since I’ve put a lot of data in the drive, I must find the way to format the partition without loosing the existing data. After Googling for a while, I’ve found the way to convert my existing FAT32 partition into NTFS format. Here the steps I did this afternoon :
- Using Ms DOS, I executed the command
convert
. See the following example : - Since the converting process stoped because system found the problem in the file system, I must run the
chkdisk
first before retry the converting process. See the following example : - After the
chkdisk
process completed, I repeat the converting process. System will ask volume label and confirm to force dismount the disk before convert the file system. See the following example :
Conclusions
To convert the file system from FAT32 to NTFS under Windows, simple run this command :
convert F: /fs:ntfs
With f:
is the target drive. If system found problem in the file system, you must run the check disk first using this command :
chkdsk /F F:\
As simple like that.
It works man! Thanks a lot.