You can change your Windows XP file system {FAT or FAT32 to NTFS}, without the need of formatting the partition! Simply, the following function and its switches can easly get the dirty job done!
Go to start=> run=> type "CMD" without quotes
then type, the follwoing:
The first two switches are MUST! you can't operate without specifing the drive volume and its desired file system!Code:Convert volume /FS:NTFS [/V] [/CvtArea:Filename] [/Nosecurity] [/X]
Volume: Specifies the drive letter {followed by a colon}, the volume name that you want to convert.
/FS:NTFS: Specifies converting the volume to NTFS.
/V: Runs the convert in the verbose mode.
/CvtArea:finelname: Specifies a contiguous file in the root directory to be the pleacholder for NTFS system files.
/Nosecuirty: Sets the security settings to make converted files and directories accessible by everone
/X: Forces the volume to dismount first if necessary, and all open handles to the volume are then not valid.
I hope you found it helpful rathar than helpless
Cheers
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