On Thursday, April 1, 2010 at 23:43 Maurice Snellen [MS] wrote: MS> On Thursday, April 1, 2010 at 19:13 (which was Thursday, April 1, 2010 MS> at 18:13 where I am) Maxim Masiutin wrote:
>> In order to change the file system of a portable carrier you need to >> format it. From “My Computer” (“Computer”) menu right-click the >> portable device and choose “Format…” in the contextual menu that >> appears. From the list of available file systems pick NTFS and check >> the “quick formatting” box. If “NTFS” variant does not appear in the >> list, then through “Run” option of the Start Menu you should run >> cmd.exe and enter the following: “format /fs:NTFS /Q x:”, where “x” >> stands for the letter assigned by your OS to the portable device. MS> Why are you not suggesting using the 'convert' command? This allows you MS> to change an existing FAT32 filesystem to NTFS without losing all the MS> data currently on the disk. This might be preferable, especially for MS> people who have Voyager installed to a USB disk where a much larger part MS> of the disk is not used for mail but for different purposes. And by the way, in your original text, the warning about format causing the loss of all data on the device follows the instructions of how to perform the task. With this kind of destructive action I would insist that a warning be issued BEFORE even mentioning the commands to be used as their will be people who do not read beyond the instructions and will blame you for losing all their data. -- Greetings, Maurice Windows XP 5.1 Build 2600 Service Pack 3 The Bat! v4.2.33.9; ; AJS v0.0; MyMacros 1.11a; ________________________________________________________ Current beta is 4.2.33.9 | 'Using TBBETA' information: http://www.silverstones.com/thebat/TBUDLInfo.html
