Victor, this doesn't help you now but the "convert" command line utility which converts from FAT32 to NTFS (not back though) does not destroy any data on the drive. Frank Ventura, MCP
-----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Victor Gouveia Sent: Monday, September 01, 2008 11:00 AM To: blind-computing@jaws-users.com Subject: Re: [Blind-Computing] External Hard Drive Question Hi Lenny, I just bought a Lacie 500 gig drive and found, to my dismay, that it was formatted as FAT 32, something I didn't find out about until I had transferred over 175 gigs worth of data. Believe me, it was a royal pain to have to move everything back, only to transfer it all back again. Smile. Granted, this was done some months ago, but if mine is any indication, and a friend just bought a Western Digital 250 a few weeks ago that wasn't in NTFS format, so I guess it just depends on the model you go with. Smile. Victor Co-moderator Blind Movie Buffs List Guidedogs List Visit the JAWS Users List home page at: http://www.jaws-users.com Visit the Blind Computing home page at: http://www.blind-computing.com Address for the list archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/blind-computing@jaws-users.com/ To post to this group, send email to blind-computing@jaws-users.com To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help from Mailman with your account Put the word help in the subject or body of a blank message to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Use the following address in order to contact the management team [EMAIL PROTECTED] If you wish to join the JAWS Users List send a blank email to the following address: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Visit the JAWS Users List home page at: http://www.jaws-users.com Visit the Blind Computing home page at: http://www.blind-computing.com Address for the list archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/blind-computing@jaws-users.com/ To post to this group, send email to blind-computing@jaws-users.com To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help from Mailman with your account Put the word help in the subject or body of a blank message to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Use the following address in order to contact the management team [EMAIL PROTECTED] If you wish to join the JAWS Users List send a blank email to the following address: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
