On Dec 20, 5:08 pm, "Ken Blake, MVP"
<kbl...@this.is.am.invalid.domain> wrote:
> On Thu, 20 Dec 2007 13:42:35 -0800 (PST), josh <JoshRho...@gmail.com>
> wrote:
>
> > I was wondering if I convert the file system to NTFS from FAT32, Will
> > I lose data? or does it only change the file system?
>
> Windows XP has no native ability to go from NTFS to FAT32. You need a
> third-party utility to do that. Why do you want to do this?
>
> Assuming that you use a third-party utility, it only changes the file
> system. But there are no guarantees. Conversion is a big step,
> affecting everything on your drive. When you take such a big step, no
> matter how unlikely, it is always possible that something could go
> wrong. For that reason, it's prudent to make sure you have a backup of
> anything you can't afford to lose before beginning.
>
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> Ken Blake, Microsoft MVP Windows - Shell/User
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No, reread it i want to go to NTFS from FAT32