Hm, that is supposed to be true going the other way (NTFS to Fat), but it should be able to. Maybe on this particular drive though, it can't, for whatever reason.
Nevertheless I hope this works on your own drive that was apparently converted to fat after you restored! -----Original Message----- From: JAWS-Users-List <jaws-users-list-boun...@jaws-users.com> On Behalf Of Lenny McHugh Sent: July 6, 2018 6:17 PM To: jaws-users-list@jaws-users.com Subject: Re: [JAWS-Users] convert ex drive from fat32 to ntfs? they told me that I can only reformat the drive -----Original Message----- From: JM Casey Sent: Friday, July 06, 2018 2:14 PM To: jaws-users-list@jaws-users.com Subject: Re: [JAWS-Users] convert ex drive from fat32 to ntfs? That's weird. Did Lord Microsoft have anything to say about that? -----Original Message----- From: JAWS-Users-List <jaws-users-list-boun...@jaws-users.com> On Behalf Of Lenny McHugh Sent: July 6, 2018 2:05 PM To: jaws-users-list@jaws-users.com Subject: Re: [JAWS-Users] convert ex drive from fat32 to ntfs? it askes for the new label I entered it and then nothing -----Original Message----- From: JM Casey Sent: Friday, July 06, 2018 12:51 PM To: jaws-users-list@jaws-users.com Subject: Re: [JAWS-Users] convert ex drive from fat32 to ntfs? Huh! I'm disappointed the command didn't work! What happened when you tried it? -----Original Message----- From: JAWS-Users-List <jaws-users-list-boun...@jaws-users.com> On Behalf Of Lenny McHugh Sent: July 6, 2018 12:01 PM To: jaws-users-list@jaws-users.com Subject: Re: [JAWS-Users] convert ex drive from fat32 to ntfs? well, it was a good try. That command would not work. I called ms support and they came to the conclusion that the only way is to reformat the drive and recover the data from a backup. I used image for windows and it took a little over 9 hours to backup. It almost did not fit on the laptop hd. there is now 32gb left. -----Original Message----- From: JM Casey Sent: Thursday, July 05, 2018 9:19 PM To: jaws-users-list@jaws-users.com Subject: Re: [JAWS-Users] convert ex drive from fat32 to ntfs? I have probably close to a terabyte of music on my hard drives, and I try to back it up semi-regularly, and have never run into problems copying so much data. However, you can actually convert the drive without reformatting it, apparently. I say "apparently" because I haven't actually tried it. But Windows has a command for this. It's called "convert" and you run it from the command prompt. So open up an administrative command prompt and type this: Convert e: /fs:ntfs Where e: is of course whatever drive letter you end up with. As I've never done this before, my instinct would still be to copy the files to a folder on your hd anyway as a backup. -----Original Message----- From: JAWS-Users-List <jaws-users-list-boun...@jaws-users.com> On Behalf Of Lenny McHugh Sent: July 5, 2018 9:03 PM To: JFW List <jaws-users-list@jaws-users.com> Subject: [JAWS-Users] convert ex drive from fat32 to ntfs? My grandson has an ex drive without about 200 gb of data stored on a fat32 drive. He needs it to be converted to ntfs. My win 10 laptop has more than enough hd space. I first thought about trying to copy his ex drive to a new folder on my lap top. Then reformat his drive and copy everything back. I also thought about trying to use image for windows to back up his ex drive and then restore it to the reformatted unit. I am not sure if a simple copy of what will be the d drive to the new folder would be the best. With that much data could it get clobbered? --- Please visit my web page It's motivational, inspirational with a touch of humor There is also a very extensive resource list for the blind http://www.LennyMcHugh.com International Brotherhood of Magicians member #43990 For answers to frequently asked questions about this list visit: http://www.jaws-users.com/help/ For answers to frequently asked questions about this list visit: http://www.jaws-users.com/help/ For answers to frequently asked questions about this list visit: http://www.jaws-users.com/help/ For answers to frequently asked questions about this list visit: http://www.jaws-users.com/help/ For answers to frequently asked questions about this list visit: http://www.jaws-users.com/help/ For answers to frequently asked questions about this list visit: http://www.jaws-users.com/help/ For answers to frequently asked questions about this list visit: http://www.jaws-users.com/help/ For answers to frequently asked questions about this list visit: http://www.jaws-users.com/help/
