How to convert hard drive from fat32 to ntfs?
You didn’t provide much information. For example, do you want to convert it before installing the OS, while installing the OS, and after the OS is already installed? Also, is this the primary drive, a second drive you wish to install, or an external drive? Which OS are you using? If you are using Windows and wish to format a secondary hard drive install it and then use the Disk Management console to format it to NTFS. Click on Start–then either on the Start menu or in All Programs locate the Administrator Tools and click on it, then in the menu which appears click on Disk Management. Or, right click on Computer on the Start menu and then select Manage from the drop down menu. Locate Disk Management at the left, click on it to open it in the console and then click on the installed disk, then click on the option to format it. Follow the instructions, select NTFS and it will format it. During a Windows installation you can format the primary drive during installation. A screen will appea
Go to Start | All Programs | Accessories | Command Prompt (or, from a Run box, type CMD) and, assuming you intend to convert drive C: give the command CONVERT C: /FS:NTFS If you want to convert D: CONVERT D: /FS:NTFS It will ask for that name in confirmation. Then it will ask two further questions. Reply Y each time to set up conversion to happen at the next boot, then restart the machine. (If you are converting a partition other than the operating system’s partition, you may find that it runs without rebooting.) After reboot do not use for 3 minutes.
