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February 17, 2014

Convert FAT32 to NTFS without loosing data

You have been converting your Flash Drive/Pen Drive type before by Formatting your drive from FAT32 to NTFS. But these way of conversion sucks when you have data in it and you don't want to erase it. So, here is the solution below with a boring command prompt.

So you need to follow these steps:

   1.   Insert your Flash Drive/Pen Drive in to your computer.

   2.   Click Start > All Program > Accessories > Command Prompt

                         OR, (For Windows 8/8.1)

          Click Start and type "cmd".

   3.   Remember to run "Command Prompt" with Administrative Privilege.(in some cases)

   4.   Type the following in your Command Prompt.

          a)          chkdsk driveletter: /f

           e.g,   chkdsk I: /f (where, I is the letter of the drive to undergo conversion)
        
            This checks the drive for errors and fixes them automatically.

           b)         convert driveletter: /fs:ntfs

            e.g,   convert I: /fs:ntfs

   5.   Press Enter and Command Prompt will start the conversion process.

   6.   When conversion to ntfs is complete, cmd will display "Conversion was successful"

   7.   Type "quit" to close cmd prompt.

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