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Earthling
May 5th, 2008, 09:31 AM
I want to convert a populated FAT32 partition to NTFS, but DD's Convert only offers FAT16. As I can even do this from XP's command line I'm a bit puzzled as to why I can't do it in DD.

Or am I missing something obvious?
MudCrab
May 5th, 2008, 12:04 PM
DD won't do a FAT32 to NTFS conversion.

Take a look at this thread: FAT to NTFS - Disk Director or Microsoft? (http://www.wilderssecurity.com/showthread.php?t=206291)

Make sure you have a current backup image of the drive before you begin.
K0LO
May 5th, 2008, 12:36 PM
Bernard:

If your FAT32 partition is data only (no OS involved) then you may find it easier to just copy the data off temporarily, reformat the partition as NTFS, then copy the data back.
Earthling
May 5th, 2008, 12:47 PM
Thanks both. I simply did it from the command line with convert E: /fs:ntfs. DD is such a great program - well compared with PM8 anyway - I just couldn't believe it couldn't do it.
K0LO
May 5th, 2008, 12:53 PM
Did you check the cluster size after conversion? You probably won't want 512 byte clusters. 4 kB or larger will be more efficient.
Earthling
May 5th, 2008, 01:10 PM
I read the other thread after I'd done the conversion, so yes I will take a look at that.

EDIT - It's already 4KB after the conversion