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| Thread ID: 110072 | 2010-06-02 06:43:00 | File Recovery & Saving | namboothiri (14469) | Press F1 |
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| 1105987 | 2010-06-02 06:43:00 | Hi This refers to a previous Thread on data loss. I'm just close to getting all the 'lost' files back. However, a crucial question that remains is: The FAT32 Disk was 'formatted' to NTFS that ended up in the issue. Now the FAT32 files are being recovered but the new Disk about to be used to save them is NTFS. So, would I be carrying over the same problem with the conflicting file systems still on board? Or would the FAT32 be retractable from NTFS? Also, does the GParted do file conversion without losing data? I read quite a bit of it today but still confused. Thanks. | namboothiri (14469) | ||
| 1105988 | 2010-06-02 08:13:00 | I think, there are some answers here that point towards solving my questions: www.thefreecountry.com/utilities/partitioneditors.shtml |
namboothiri (14469) | ||
| 1105989 | 2010-06-02 08:54:00 | Can any experienced Advisers of this Forum please tell us whether the following process in this situation is a winner. I pulled this out from 'club.myce.com': '.......the solution is simple, Open start menu type "CMD" right click and "run it as Admin" Take note of the drive you want to fix ie "J:" then type this "chkdsk j: /f" .......................... ........................................... Once that completes you should type "convert j: /fs:ntfs" you won’t lose any data in this process except a file that is corrupting the drive. The reason is I couldn't find a final response to this advice from the affected party. Thanks. |
namboothiri (14469) | ||
| 1105990 | 2010-06-02 13:40:00 | Copying files from a FAT32 drive to NTFS should not be a problem. Think about it this way, most flash drives (usb sticks) are FAT32 and you can copy files just fine between those and your main computer HDD which is usually NTFS. NTFS is a more stable format than FAT32 so corruption is less likely. This is copied from Windows 7 so might be slightly different on XP, but should still help you out: CHKDSK filename]]] [/F] [/R] [/X] [/I] [/C] [/L[:size]] [/B] volume Specifies the drive letter (followed by a colon), mount point, or volume name. filename FAT/FAT32 only: Specifies the files to check for fragmentation . /F Fixes errors on the disk. /V On FAT/FAT32: Displays the full path and name of every file on the disk. On NTFS: Displays cleanup messages if any. /R Locates bad sectors and recovers readable information (implies /F). /L:size NTFS only: Changes the log file size to the specified number of kilobytes. If size is not specified, displays current size. /X Forces the volume to dismount first if necessary. All opened handles to the volume would then be invalid (implies /F). /I NTFS only: Performs a less vigorous check of index entries. /C NTFS only: Skips checking of cycles within the folder structure. /B NTFS only: Re-evaluates bad clusters on the volume (implies /R) The /I or /C switch reduces the amount of time required to run Chkdsk by skipping certain checks of the volume. |
WarNox (8772) | ||
| 1105991 | 2010-06-02 15:10:00 | It's not a difference between FAT12 as in floppy disks or FAT32 or NTFS. I read a floppy drive today 1.44 megabytes. One file on there created by an older version of Works. xxxxx.wps Successfully moved to a Win XP system formatted in ntfs. |
Sweep (90) | ||
| 1105992 | 2010-06-02 21:28:00 | WarNox, thanks for the detailed Notes and Sweep, for your helpful contribution. | namboothiri (14469) | ||
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