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NTFS -> EXT3 conversion, anyone?

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psx-dude

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I moved some hard drives out of my main server into a linux machine, I can mount the ntfs partitions on the drives fine in linux, however, I would like to be able to write to this hard drives, so they need to be ext3 (I know fat32 would work, but its not linux native and ext3 is newer and i believe superior to fat32). Anyone have any ideas of how to convert these drives without losing all the data on them? Either via a linux tool, boot cd, or a boot floppy.

Thanks!
 
I don't beleive you can convert NTFS to Ext 2/3, the filesystems are similiar, but yet too different to do a conversion. You'll have to backup the data, reformat and then copy data back to it if you want Ext 3. FAT32 is a bad option, it's nowhere near as reliable and safe for storage as NTFS or Ext 2/3, but you can go from NTFS -> FAT32.
 
tdg said:
I don't beleive you can convert NTFS to Ext 2/3.
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^ thats correct as far as I know
but Ive been wrong before, and certainly will be again :p
however confidence is reasonably high on this one

tdg dont you mean from FAT32 > NTFS?
 
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