Solve the problem that large files cannot be copied in FAT32 format.

1. How to convert FAT32 to NTFS without a hard drive !!

 

FAT32 to NTFS

At the command prompt (select "Start> Run" in sequence, and enter the "cmd" command in the "run" dialog box to open the Command Prompt window)
Type Convert [Driver]/Fs: NTFS.
Here, the driver is the drive letter Convert [Driver]/Fs: there is a space between NTFs

Win 2000/XP has a small program-convert.exe which converts fator FAT32 into NTFS, which not only provides fast conversion speed,
It is easy to use, and the data on the partition can be saved.
In the win run window, enter "convert C:/Fs: NTFS". To convert the D disk, change "C:" to the corresponding D.
After the conversion, it will report to you about the disk partition you have converted.
Note:
1. We recommend that you first run the disk scan and disk fragment programs.
2. If the fat or FAT32 partition you want to convert has a file in use by the system, the conversion program will ask you if
Remove the volume to be converted (that is, the partition). You 'd better select "No" and then it will ask if you want to convert the partition when the next computer starts,
Select "yes" and restart the machine to complete the conversion.

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Command for converting FAT32 to NTFS format

1. What is NTFS?

To learn about NTFS, we should first understand fat. Fat (File Allocation Table) is the idea of "File Allocation Table. For us, its significance lies in the management of hard disk partitions. Fat16, FAT32, and NTFS are currently the most common file systems.

Fat16: the previously used DOS and Windows 95 all use fat16 file systems. Currently, common Windows 98/2000/XP and other systems support fat16 file systems. It can manage up to 2 GB of partitions, but each partition can have up to 65525 clusters (the cluster is the disk space configuration unit ). As the disk or partition capacity increases, the space occupied by each cluster will become larger and larger, leading to a waste of hard disk space.

FAT32: with the emergence of large-capacity hard disks, FAT32 has become popular since Windows 98. It is an enhanced version of fat16 and supports partitions up to 2 TB (2048 GB. FAT32 clusters are smaller than fat16, which effectively saves hard disk space.

NTFS: A series of operating systems supported by Microsoft Windows NT kernel, a disk format specially designed for management security features such as network and disk quotas and file encryption. With the popularity of Windows 2000/XP with NT as the kernel, many individual users began to use NTFS. NTFS also stores data files in units of clusters, but the size of the NTFS clusters does not depend on the size of disks or partitions. The reduction of the cluster size not only reduces the waste of disk space, but also reduces the possibility of generating disk fragments. NTFS supports file encryption management to provide users with high-level security assurance.

2. What systems can support the NTFS file system?

Only Windows NT/2000/XP can recognize NTFS systems. Windows 9x/Me, DOS, and other operating systems cannot support or recognize NTFS-format disks. Because the DOS system does not support the NTFS system, it is best not to make the C: disk as the NTFS system, so that it is easy to fix it in the DOS system after the system crashes.

NTFS and operating system support table

File System Supported Operating Systems
Fat16 Windows 95/98/ME/NT/2000/xp unix, Linux, DoS
FAT32 Windows 95/98/ME/2000/XP
NTFS Windows NT/2000/XP ==========================
Command for converting FAT32 to NTFS format

CONVERT Converts the File Allocation Table (FAT) and FAT32 to the NTFS file system, while the existing files and folders are intact. Volumes converted to the NTFS file system cannot be converted back to fat or FAT32.

Syntax
Convert [volume]/Fs: NTFS [/V] [/cvtarea: Filename] [/nosecurity] [/X]

Parameters
Volume
Specify the drive letter (followed by a colon), mount point, or volume name to be converted to nifs.
/Fs: NTFS
Required. Converts a volume to NTFS.
/V
Specify the verbose mode, that is, all messages are displayed during the conversion.
/Cvtarea: Filename
Applicable only to advanced users. Specifies to write the master file table (MFT) and other NTFS metadata files to adjacent existing placeholder files. The file must be located in the root directory of the file system to be converted. If the/cvtarea parameter is used, the converted file system can have fewer fragments. To get the best result, the file size should be the product of 1 kb and the number of files and directories in the file system. However, the conversion tool also accepts files of any size.
Key Points

Before Running convert, you must use the fsutil file createnew command to create a placeholder file. Convert does not create this file. Convert overwrites the file with NTFS metadata. After the conversion, all unused spaces in the file are released. For more information about the fsutil FILE command, see related topics ".
/Nosecurity
For the security settings of converted files and directories, you can specify them as accessible to everyone.
/X
If needed, you can use this parameter to detach the volume before conversion. No longer valid for any opened handle of the volume.
Note
If convert cannot lock the drive (for example, the drive is a system volume or the current drive), it will convert the drive the next time it restarts the computer. If you cannot restart the computer immediately to complete the conversion, schedule a time for restarting the computer and set the required time for the conversion process.
For volumes that are converted from fat or FAT32 to NTFS, MFT will be created in a different location from the volume originally formatted with NTFS because the disk is currently in use, in this way, the volume performance may not be as good as that of the volume originally formatted with NTFS. To achieve optimal performance, consider recreating these volumes and formatting them with the NTFS file system.
The file in the volume converted from fat to NTFS is intact, but the volume may lose some performance advantages compared to the volume originally formatted with NTFS. For example, the converted volume of MFT may become fragments. In addition, on the converted boot volume, convert applies the same default security settings applied during Windows installation.
For more information about using the/cvtarea parameter, see file systems on the Microsoft Resource Kit website ). (Http://www.microsoft.com /)
Example
To convert the volume on drive E to NTFS and display all messages, type:

Convert E:/Fs: NTFS/V

 

Command for converting the NTFS format with FAT32 (X is the drive letter for the partition to be converted ):

1. Click Start Program Attachment Command Prompt

2. After opening the window, enter "Convert X:/Fs: NTFS" at the cursor prompt and press Enter. Note that there is a space behind "Covert.

3. Then the system will ask you to enter the volume mark of disk X and press Enter. (The volume is marked as X in "My Computer", and its attributes can be found .)

In this way, you can simply convert the partition format to NTFS. This method is only used to convert FAT32 to NTFS and does not convert NTFS to FAT32.

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