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ntfs conversion?

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magneticme200 Original post #1
Jan 31, 2008 at 10:04 PM
guys i want to convert my c: drive (boot drive) from ntfs to fat32...
is thre any way...i dnt want to format it..
also...tell me wat are the pros and cons of both the formats.??
shady_inc
shady_inc #2
Jan 31, 2008 at 10:18 PM
:shock: Just stick with NTFS unless you are using Win98 or older.!FAT32 won't support file transfers over 4 GB [Goodbye DVD movies.!], hard drives over 137 GB and isn't half as feature rich as NTFS.And there is no way I am aware of to do so without formatting the drive or using Partition Magic.
skeletor
skeletor #3
Jan 31, 2008 at 10:45 PM
NTFS is a lot better. FAT32 doesn't support files bigger than 4GB.

Have a look at this: *www.ntfs.com/ntfs_vs_fat.htm
Compare NTFS5 with the rest........
johnjjx
johnjjx #4
Jan 31, 2008 at 11:06 PM
ntfs lot better......fat32 has single file size limit of 4gb.
dOm1naTOr
dOm1naTOr #5
Jan 31, 2008 at 11:21 PM
FAT32 is recomented only if u wanna go back to WIN 98. And i think WIN 98 is obselete now.
skeletor
skeletor #6
Feb 1, 2008 at 12:37 AM
^^Correct
And if you need Win98 for your PC, consider installing it in Virtual Machine.
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magneticme200 #7
Feb 1, 2008 at 8:57 AM
ok...how do i convert my ntfs partition to ntfs5???
can i do that without formattin my data.??
also what is the way to install win98 with virtual machine..?
coz i hv some sftwrs that only run on win98 like tally4.5...
gary4gar
gary4gar #8
Feb 1, 2008 at 9:38 AM
why you want to run tally 4.5?
Upgrade!!
9 is out
skeletor
skeletor #9
Feb 1, 2008 at 5:02 PM
magneticme200 said:
ok...how do i convert my ntfs partition to ntfs5???
can i do that without formattin my data.??
also what is the way to install win98 with virtual machine..?
coz i hv some sftwrs that only run on win98 like tally4.5...
Click to expand...

If you had formatted your PC using Windows XP CD, you are on NTFS5 already. And if you want to use Tally 4.5, I'll suggest you to download and install DOSBox. It is available here: *www.dosbox.com/download.php?main=1

For installing Windows 98 on virtual machine, you need to download & install Microsoft Virtual Machine 2007 (Available Here) and must have the Windows 98 CD........
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magneticme200 #10
Feb 1, 2008 at 6:29 PM
gagandeep said:
If you had formatted your PC using Windows XP CD, you are on NTFS5 already. And if you want to use Tally 4.5, I'll suggest you to download and install DOSBox. It is available here: *www.dosbox.com/download.php?main=1

For installing Windows 98 on virtual machine, you need to download & install Microsoft Virtual Machine 2007 (Available Here) and must have the Windows 98 CD........
Click to expand...

the link u gave is alright...bt the versions available of dosbox in thre aren't any in english....
i want one in english...

gary4gar said:
why you want to run tally 4.5?
Upgrade!!
9 is out
Click to expand...

actually bro some of my data is in tally 4.5 format...and i dnt knw how to get it converted to new format..
also thre is lan in my factory....and i hv some very old pcs thre which have only win98 installed...
and those pcs are used for data backup...
so i can't upgrade to new versions that very easily..!!
skeletor
skeletor #11
Feb 1, 2008 at 6:36 PM
magneticme200 said:
the link u gave is alright...bt the versions available of dosbox in thre aren't any in english....
i want one in english...
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Click here you'll get the English version........ *prdownloads.sourceforge.net/dosbox/DOSBox0.72-win32-installer.exe?download

And BTW the one which is at the top Windows is the English language version on that page.
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magneticme200 #12
Feb 2, 2008 at 6:29 PM
gagandeep said:
Click here you'll get the English version........ *prdownloads.sourceforge.net/dosbox/DOSBox0.72-win32-installer.exe?download

And BTW the one which is at the top Windows is the English language version on that page.
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i have dosbox now bro...bt hw do i run tally 4.5 with it now??
pls explain, if u can..?
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magneticme200 #13
Feb 4, 2008 at 6:21 PM
pls explain..???????????
skeletor
skeletor #14
Feb 4, 2008 at 6:26 PM
Ok..........I had lost this thread. Sorry for the delay.

1) Copy your Tally 4.5 files to a folder. Let me assume C:\tally
2) Now start DOSBox.
3) You'll see that your prompt is at Z:\. Now type mount c c:\tally. With this, your c:\tally drive will act as your C: in DOSBox.
4) Now go to C: and start your program.

Hope this helps you out.......

Edit: Go here to learn more about using DOSBox. C:\Program Files\DOSBox-0.72 and open README.txt
karina_got_it
karina_got_it #15
Feb 11, 2008 at 6:04 PM
my prob is exactly opposite of this.. i have made my bootable partition as fat32. now i want to convert it into NTFS without losing my xp installation.
is there any way for that. mine is SATA hard disk
skeletor
skeletor #16
Feb 11, 2008 at 6:07 PM
karina_got_it said:
my prob is exactly opposite of this.. i have made my bootable partition as fat32. now i want to convert it into NTFS without losing my xp installation.
is there any way for that. mine is SATA hard disk
Click to expand...

1) Open Command prompt.....
2) Type this..... convert c: /fs:ntfs
This will convert C: drive to NTFS on the next restart.........
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ThinkFree #17
Feb 11, 2008 at 7:40 PM
^^Right.Use convert c: /fs:ntfs to convert c . The windows won't be able to convert partition to ntfs when windows is still running. So it will ask you to provide permission to do that at next reboot. Just grant the permission and at the next reboot you would get your drive converted to ntfs
arun77574
arun77574 #18
Feb 11, 2008 at 8:14 PM
You can convert a FAT32 partition to NTFS without formatting but, no way from NTFS to FAT32 without formatting. Partition coversion is only forward compatible and not backward compatible.

Besides why do u wish to go for FAT32? NTFS is far far better than it. Its more secured and fast, supports more memory allocation than FAT32.
skeletor
skeletor #19
Feb 11, 2008 at 8:32 PM
^^ We can convert NTFS to FAT32 using Paragon Partition Manager or Norton Partition Magic but whats the need of doing so? NTFS is better......