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Convert 2nd harddrive to NTFS format

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Hello all,

I am having some problems that I have not been able to figure out on my own. Well to get to the point. I have just built a computer and need to convert the secondary harddrive to the NTFS format without deleting any of the information off of it. The Hardware manager sees it but it does not allow me to access the info off of it. The drive is a Maxtor 91531U3 and is running win 98 on a FAT32. The primary drive is running Win XP on the NTFS system, newly reformatted. HELP
 
Windows XP installed on an NTFS partition will see FAT32 partitions.

Windows XP installed on a FAT32 partition will not see NTFS partitions.

There is no reason why you shouldn't be able to access your data.

But here.

At a commant prompt, do this

CONVERT C: /fs:ntfs




*Note: I am not responsible for any data loss. From the few times I've converted fat32 to ntfs (not recommended) I have not lost any data, but I have heard of it happening.
 
From DOS (or command prompt), type

Code: 
convert X: /FS:NTFS

Replace X with the letter of the partition you want to convert to NTFS.

It will probably convert it without data loss or completely wiping out the partition, but it has a slight chance of deleting the data.
 
Windows XP will see a 32bit fat hard drive, no matter what the primary hard drive file system is.

Computer on left side of me is 10gb 32bit fat primary, and drive d which is 80gb ntfs.

Works fine here

??
 
Originally posted by angrybusdriver
Windows XP installed on a FAT32 partition will not see NTFS partitions.
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You sure about this?

Windows XP can read data on any drive formated with FAT16, FAT32, or NTFS. It doesn't matter what the system partition is formatted.

Windows 9x can read data on any drive formatted with FAT16 or FAT32. (not taking in to consideration size limitations...)

If the second drive has Windows 98 on it, if you use the Convert command listed above, you will never be able to boot to that installation again. The Convert command is one way, you can't go back with out re-formatting.

Are you running dual boot?

Go in to Computer Management under admin tools. Find the Disk Management section. See if it shows any errors with the initialization of the disk.

Morfiusx - MCSE, and a bunch of other alphabet soup...
 
XP can read FAT16, FAT32, and NTFS, no matter what the sysvol is formatted as.
 
Maybe try changing the jumpers from master to slave on your second hard drive.
 
When I upgraded my mom's computer to XP, I also converted the hdd to NTFS, no problems whatsoever (though not guaranteed to happen everytime)
 
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