How come I only have a fat32 partion and how can I create a ntsf partion?

Answer 1

I suppose u bought ur pc recently. mat be from hp/compaq etc. They used to create only one drive. Well i recommand to use Partation Magic 8.0. Cuz doing anythin wrong will destroy your OS.


Neo

Answer 2

If you are using Windows XP, you can convert a FAT32 partition to NTFS by running the following command. Go to Start > Run type cmd and press enter. At the prompt type convert C: /FS:NTFS, you will not be able to run this while the drive is mounted, but, it will give you the option to convert it at next boot, do so. When you reboot, it will begin converting FAT32 to NTFS, it won't take very long if you have a new system. Note that C: is the drive letter of the drive you wish to change. At the conversion prompt you will also have to enter the drive label (as seen in My Computer).

Answer 3

Hi,

I presume you have Windows XP.

This is directly from Microsoft:

ConvertConverts FAT and FAT32 volumes to NTFS.

Syntax
convert [volume] /fs:ntfs [/v] [/cvtarea:FileName] [/nosecurity] [/x]

Parameters
volume
Specifies the drive letter (followed by a colon), mount point, or volume name to convert to NTFS.
/fs:ntfs
Required. Converts the volume to NTFS.
/v
Specifies verbose mode, that is, all messages will be displayed during conversion.
/cvtarea:FileName
For advanced users only. Specifies that the Master File Table (MFT) and other NTFS metadata files are written to an existing, contiguous placeholder file. This file must be in the root directory of the file system to be converted. Use of the /CVTAREA parameter can result in a less fragmented file system after conversion. For best results, the size of this file should be 1 KB multiplied by the number of files and directories in the file system, however, the convert utility accepts files of any size.
For more information about using the /cvtarea parameter, see "File Systems" at the Microsoft Windows XP Resource Kits Web site.(http://www.microsoft.com/)

Important

You must create the placeholder file using the fsutil file createnew command prior to running convert. Convert does not create this file for you. Convert overwrites this file with NTFS metadata. After conversion, any unused space in this file is freed. For more information about the fsutil file command, see Related Topics.
/nosecurity
Specifies that the converted files and directory security settings are accessible by everyone.
/x
Dismounts the volume, if necessary, before it is converted. Any open handles to the volume will no longer be valid.
Remarks
You must specify that the drive should be converted when the computer is restarted. Otherwise, you cannot convert the current drive.
If convert cannot lock the drive (for example, the system volume or the current drive), it offers to convert the drive the next time the computer restarts.
The location of the MFT is different on volumes that have been converted from previous version of NTFS, so volume performance might not be as good on volumes converted from Windows NT.
Volumes converted from FAT to NTFS lack some performance benefits compared to volumes initially formatted with NTFS. On converted volumes, the MFT might become fragmented. In addition, on converted boot volumes, NTFS permissions are not applied after the volume is converted.
Examples
To convert the volume on drive E to NTFS and display all messages, type:

convert e: /fs:ntfs /v

George

Answer 4

If u want to convert the partion from fat32 to ntfs, partion magic software is usefull. If u want to format fat32 disk to ntfs, u can right click on the mouse button on the drive, then click format, then select ntfs, then click start.

Answer 5

u hv to format it to NTFS, while formating in windows select NTFS as file system.

if the drive has ur operating system in it then u hv to reload it, while reloading win xp, format ur install drive to NTFS format, i think is same for win 2000 also never used it though..

hope it helped u..
cheers..