Software Utilities

PartitionMagic

Converting FAT to FAT32

The Convert FAT to FAT32 operation converts a FAT partition to FAT32. FAT32

 

partitions have less wasted disk space than FAT partitions. However, you should

 

be aware of these issues:

 

You must have Windows 95 OEM Service Release 2, Windows 98, or

 

Windows NT 2000 to access files on a FAT32 partition. (NT 4.0 is NOT

 

compatible with a FAT 32 partition.)

 

If you are using multiple Operating Systems, FAT32 partitions are

 

inaccessible when the other Operating Systems are running.

 

Save-to-disk partitions cannot be resized or converted to any file system;

 

they can only be deleted.

 

The minimum size for a FAT32 partition is 256 MB.

 

To convert from FAT to FAT32:

 

1. From the Disk drop-down list (located on the toolbar), select the disk

 

containing the partition you wish to convert.

 

2. On the partition map or in the partition list, right-click the FAT partition you want

 

to convert to FAT32 and click Convert > Convert FAT to FAT32 on the

 

context menu.

NOTE:

You can also select the partition and click Operations > Convert > Convert FAT

 

to FAT32 on the menu bar.

 

3. To continue with the conversion, click OK.

 

4. In the lower right corner of the PartitionMagic main window, click Apply.

 

5. Click Yes to confirm that you want to apply the changes.

Converting FAT to NTFS

The Convert FAT to NTFS operation launches the Microsoft Convert utility to

 

convert a FAT partition to NTFS. You must be running Windows NT to complete

 

this conversion. At a Command Prompt window, type Convert C:\FS\NTFS.

 

If you boot multiple OSs you must be very careful converting FAT to NTFS. NTFS

 

is only accessible with Windows NT; therefore, the data in this partition will not be

 

accessible if you boot DOS or Windows 95/98. This is a one-way conversion; to

 

revert back to FAT you must back up all your files, reformat the partition, and

 

restore the files.

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