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Backup question
Posted: Sat Dec 06, 2003 11:21 am
by blade
Trying to backup on an external hard drive, when using the xp way it says it can't copy more than 4 GB to the hard drive because it's 'fat' formatted and not ntfs. So if I format it to ntfs, will that erase the files on that hard drive?
Never used ntfs so I am clueless.
Also, if using ghost is the ghost image compressed, or the full file size?
thanks
Posted: Sat Dec 06, 2003 11:42 am
by dadx2mj
I you format the drive you will lose the info. I believe you can convert the drive in XP and not lose any data but I am not sure how to go about doing that. Ghost does compress the file size to roughly half of the full size.
Posted: Sat Dec 06, 2003 11:52 am
by smb
go to the fod prompt and type
convert *:\
that should work.
Posted: Sat Dec 06, 2003 12:02 pm
by blade
Originally posted by smb
go to the fod prompt and type
convert *:\
that should work.
"Fod prompt"? What is that. :;
Thanks randy.
Also, searched google and found this:
http://www.ntfs.com/quest3.htm
Q: Is it possible to convert a FAT32 Hard Drive to NTFS without losing all data on the drive? I like to change from FAT32 to NTFS, my operating system is Windows XP PRO, how can I do that? Without the lost of my programs?
A: Standard Windows utility that is called CONVERT serves this purpose
Just go to the Command Prompt and execute the command:
C:\> CONVERT C: /fs:ntfs
Where C: is a name of the drive you want to convert.
After machine re-boot conversion process will start and you'll have your FAT32 converted to NTFS without of data loss.
Posted: Sat Dec 06, 2003 12:26 pm
by NascarFool
Yes you can convert it to NTFS with no data loss.
Go to "RUN" and type in ---> convert D: /fs:ntfs
Substitute D with the correct drive letter. It will convert on the next reboot.
Posted: Sat Dec 06, 2003 1:43 pm
by FlyingPenguin
Or use partition magic
Posted: Sat Dec 06, 2003 1:56 pm
by smb
Ummm. that is the sound of a finger fart
should have been "dos" prompt.