Feb 7, 2019 #1 G gobnu1 Weaksauce Joined Jan 12, 2003 Messages 94 What would be the best way to do this without losing data on my C drive?
Feb 7, 2019 #2 kirbyrj Fully [H] Joined Feb 1, 2005 Messages 30,693 Get a second drive and copy the data.
Feb 7, 2019 #3 G gobnu1 Weaksauce Joined Jan 12, 2003 Messages 94 Sorry if I didn't explain it in full. If I copy all of the Windows stuff and then format it won't Windows no longer work? If so I couldn't copy my C drive back over
Sorry if I didn't explain it in full. If I copy all of the Windows stuff and then format it won't Windows no longer work? If so I couldn't copy my C drive back over
Feb 7, 2019 #4 B Blue Fox [H]F Junkie Joined Jun 9, 2004 Messages 11,813 Why are you wanting to convert your boot drive to exFAT? It's best suited to removable flash media. NTFS is still the only way to go for Windows.
Why are you wanting to convert your boot drive to exFAT? It's best suited to removable flash media. NTFS is still the only way to go for Windows.
Feb 7, 2019 #5 M mnewxcv [H]F Junkie Joined Mar 4, 2007 Messages 8,994 Yeah, why would you want exfat on a boot drive?
Feb 7, 2019 #6 D Deleted member 126051 Guest gobnu1 said: What would be the best way to do this without losing data on my C drive? Click to expand... Very simple. YOU DO NOT. ExFAT has no place on your OS drive. It's meant for removable media, period.
gobnu1 said: What would be the best way to do this without losing data on my C drive? Click to expand... Very simple. YOU DO NOT. ExFAT has no place on your OS drive. It's meant for removable media, period.
Feb 9, 2019 #7 R rtangwai [H]ard|Gawd Joined Jul 26, 2007 Messages 1,369 OP, are you worried about ADS in NTFS and that's why you want to go exFAT on your boot drive?
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