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Disk Format
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Barry283
2010-02-19 17:46:01 UTC
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I recently Upgraded my ASUS CG5270 Desktop and Gateway NV52 Laptop from
Windows Vista Home Preimum to Windows 7 Home Preimum. When I went to Backup
the ASUS to an external hard drive it said I couldn't because it was formated
with FAT32. I learned about the convert and successfully converted the
external to NTSF. Doing this I noticed the C: (WINVISTA C:) partition is
formated FAT32 and C: (DATA C:) is formated NTSF. Should I convert the FAT32
partition also. The Gateway is all NTSF. I was a little wary to do this
because that is where all my Windows 7 programs are located.
Pegasus [MVP]
2010-02-19 20:19:30 UTC
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Post by Barry283
I recently Upgraded my ASUS CG5270 Desktop and Gateway NV52 Laptop from
Windows Vista Home Preimum to Windows 7 Home Preimum. When I went to Backup
the ASUS to an external hard drive it said I couldn't because it was formated
with FAT32. I learned about the convert and successfully converted the
external to NTSF. Doing this I noticed the C: (WINVISTA C:) partition is
formated FAT32 and C: (DATA C:) is formated NTSF. Should I convert the FAT32
partition also. The Gateway is all NTSF. I was a little wary to do this
because that is where all my Windows 7 programs are located.
NTFS is the standard file system for all operating systems based on Windows
NT. The various FAT flavours are DOS/Windows 9x technology and are supported
by the newer OSs for compatibility reasons.
Barry283
2010-02-20 04:28:01 UTC
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Thanx for your response. Can I convert the partition without damaging any
program files. Is there any benefit
Post by Pegasus [MVP]
Post by Barry283
I recently Upgraded my ASUS CG5270 Desktop and Gateway NV52 Laptop from
Windows Vista Home Preimum to Windows 7 Home Preimum. When I went to Backup
the ASUS to an external hard drive it said I couldn't because it was formated
with FAT32. I learned about the convert and successfully converted the
external to NTSF. Doing this I noticed the C: (WINVISTA C:) partition is
formated FAT32 and C: (DATA C:) is formated NTSF. Should I convert the FAT32
partition also. The Gateway is all NTSF. I was a little wary to do this
because that is where all my Windows 7 programs are located.
NTFS is the standard file system for all operating systems based on Windows
NT. The various FAT flavours are DOS/Windows 9x technology and are supported
by the newer OSs for compatibility reasons.
.
Pegasus [MVP]
2010-02-20 06:57:57 UTC
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The convert.exe utility has an excellent reputation and the risk of damaging
your program files is negligible. NTFS is said to be more robust than FAT
but I cannot support the claim with hard evidence. And, of course, it offers
all the security features that FAT lacks.
Post by Barry283
Thanx for your response. Can I convert the partition without damaging any
program files. Is there any benefit
Post by Pegasus [MVP]
Post by Barry283
I recently Upgraded my ASUS CG5270 Desktop and Gateway NV52 Laptop from
Windows Vista Home Preimum to Windows 7 Home Preimum. When I went to Backup
the ASUS to an external hard drive it said I couldn't because it was formated
with FAT32. I learned about the convert and successfully converted the
external to NTSF. Doing this I noticed the C: (WINVISTA C:) partition is
formated FAT32 and C: (DATA C:) is formated NTSF. Should I convert the FAT32
partition also. The Gateway is all NTSF. I was a little wary to do this
because that is where all my Windows 7 programs are located.
NTFS is the standard file system for all operating systems based on Windows
NT. The various FAT flavours are DOS/Windows 9x technology and are supported
by the newer OSs for compatibility reasons.
.
Barry283
2010-02-20 13:11:02 UTC
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Thank You. I'll go ahead and convert.

Barry283
Post by Pegasus [MVP]
The convert.exe utility has an excellent reputation and the risk of damaging
your program files is negligible. NTFS is said to be more robust than FAT
but I cannot support the claim with hard evidence. And, of course, it offers
all the security features that FAT lacks.
Post by Barry283
Thanx for your response. Can I convert the partition without damaging any
program files. Is there any benefit
Post by Pegasus [MVP]
Post by Barry283
I recently Upgraded my ASUS CG5270 Desktop and Gateway NV52 Laptop from
Windows Vista Home Preimum to Windows 7 Home Preimum. When I went to Backup
the ASUS to an external hard drive it said I couldn't because it was formated
with FAT32. I learned about the convert and successfully converted the
external to NTSF. Doing this I noticed the C: (WINVISTA C:) partition is
formated FAT32 and C: (DATA C:) is formated NTSF. Should I convert the FAT32
partition also. The Gateway is all NTSF. I was a little wary to do this
because that is where all my Windows 7 programs are located.
NTFS is the standard file system for all operating systems based on Windows
NT. The various FAT flavours are DOS/Windows 9x technology and are supported
by the newer OSs for compatibility reasons.
.
.
John John - MVP
2010-02-20 13:43:41 UTC
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Post by Pegasus [MVP]
NTFS is said to be more
robust than FAT but I cannot support the claim with hard evidence.
I remember that on the old Windows 9x systems FAT32 disks almost always
required a scandisk after a power failure, NTFS seldom requires a chkdsk
after a power failure.

John
Post by Pegasus [MVP]
Post by Barry283
Thanx for your response. Can I convert the partition without damaging any
program files. Is there any benefit
Post by Barry283
I recently Upgraded my ASUS CG5270 Desktop and Gateway NV52 Laptop
from
Post by Barry283
Windows Vista Home Preimum to Windows 7 Home Preimum. When I went to Backup
the ASUS to an external hard drive it said I couldn't because it was formated
with FAT32. I learned about the convert and successfully converted
the
Post by Barry283
external to NTSF. Doing this I noticed the C: (WINVISTA C:)
partition > is
Post by Barry283
formated FAT32 and C: (DATA C:) is formated NTSF. Should I convert
the
Post by Barry283
FAT32
partition also. The Gateway is all NTSF. I was a little wary to
do > this
Post by Barry283
because that is where all my Windows 7 programs are located.
NTFS is the standard file system for all operating systems based on Windows
NT. The various FAT flavours are DOS/Windows 9x technology and are supported
by the newer OSs for compatibility reasons.
.
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