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kwokwai
01-23-2006, 11:38 AM
Billy, a friend of mine, has installed XP SP1 in NTFS state. He would like to change the NTFS format to FAT32, and ask me for help!
( i have no idea for that) :confused:
Could you just give him a favour?



btw, there are two formats, which are FAT32 and NTFS, and the two possible outcomes are as follows:

1: NTFS to FAT32
2: FAT32 to NTFS

which of the above change of format is impossible? :D

bear
01-23-2006, 12:09 PM
You can go from FAT32 to NTFS using a tool built into XP, but not the reverse. To change from NTFS to FAT (non-destructively), you need a third party utility such as Partition Magic. Bear in mind, that it works *most* of the time without corruption, but not always.