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[bourquetheman]

Well I had the computer guy down the road fix my computer for me, and in the process he reformatted my hard drive and put in XP instead of 2000 which is fine with me. However the idiot used the FAT32 file system instead of NTFS and now I can't unrar anything bigger than 4 gigs which really screws me as there are many files I unrar that are routinely bigger than 4 gigs.

I've followed this page of help that another person gave me the link for but no luck.
Converting to NTFS Using Convert.exe

A partition can also be converted after Setup by using Convert.exe. For more information about Convert.exe, after completing Setup, click Start, click Run, type cmd, and then press ENTER. In the command window, type help convert, and then press ENTER.

It is easy to convert partitions to NTFS. The Setup program makes conversion easy, whether your partitions used FAT, FAT32, or the older version of NTFS. This kind of conversion keeps your files intact (unlike formatting a partition.
To find out more information about Convert.exe

1. After completing Setup, click Start, click Run, type cmd, and then press ENTER.

2.
In the command window, type help convert and then press ENTER. Information about converting FAT volumes to NTFS is made available as shown below.
Command window

Converting FAT volumes to NTFS
To convert a volume to NTFS from the command prompt

1.


Open Command Prompt. Click Start, point to All Programs, point to Accessories, and then click Command Prompt.

2.


In the command prompt window, type: convert drive_letter: /fs:ntfs

For example, typing convert D: /fs:ntfs would format drive D: with the ntfs format. You can convert FAT or FAT32 volumes to NTFS with this command.

Important Once you convert a drive or partition to NTFS, you cannot simply convert it back to FAT or FAT32. You will need to reformat the drive or partition which will erase all data, including programs and personal files, on the partition.


I've tried the above bolded part and it does not work, it says that my file system is FAT32 (duh) and that it needs the volume name. Well the volume name is C:WDocuments and Settings but that doesn't work either.
Man I don't want to have to take it back to him again, would rather just do it myself. Any help would be appreciated.

[the_beaver]

[bourquetheman]

Exactly what I've tried. In fact I've typed in convert c:/fs:ntsf but each time it simply says "your system is FAT 32" and then "put in the volume name". Frustrating to say the least.........

[Wrench]

Put a space... between the c: drive and /fs:ntfs

convert C: /fs:ntfs

[bourquetheman]

Tried the space and still no luck.

[Wrench]

How big is your C drive?


Try using volume name instead.

try convert "harddrive" /fs:ntfs

If that doesn't help it might because the volume is in use then you might want to try using /x switch.


If you want help on the command use convert /?

[SuperHero]

[bourquetheman]

I can't believe I'm asking this question but where the heck is the back slash key? I have the "/" (slash) no problem but I don't see the one for the backslash. I'm tyring to follow your directions to the letter but I can't do it without the backslash.

[the_beaver]