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| Thread ID: 84544 | 2007-11-09 19:25:00 | FAT32 Versus NTFS | gary67 (56) | Press F1 |
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| 609928 | 2007-11-10 19:02:00 | Okay I have used S & D removed 16 items, run regXp tidied up the registry started the defrag 20 mins ago and its only on 4% on the OS partition. What I need to know is if I convert this partition to NTFS it will wipe it and so would the recovery disc be able to recover to a different format or are they an image in the original format? And what about ghost would that create a copy of the partition in FAT32 or would I be able to load it into a new format. I have never used ghost so I don't know | gary67 (56) | ||
| 609929 | 2007-11-10 19:02:00 | Any recommendations for a free defragger better than the windows one? | gary67 (56) | ||
| 609930 | 2007-11-10 19:07:00 | You don't have to wipe everything when you convert a drive from fat32 to ntfs. Before you do convert it though run some form of antivirus software as well just to insure the computer is clean. If you don't have any get Avast its free for the normal home user and is also effective. |
stormdragon (6013) | ||
| 609931 | 2007-11-10 19:10:00 | As for defragger try using the windows one in safe mode. There are plenty of free third party ones out there but the built in one should do just fine. | stormdragon (6013) | ||
| 609932 | 2007-11-10 19:15:00 | Having listened to all this hype, let me mention I run my hard drive in FAT32. There is one thing I can't do and thats have a file larger than 4GB. Never needed one so far. I like DOS. The original DOS. DOS is not possible on an NTFS file system. To have it installed that is. And nope, my PC runs a whole lot faster than a lot of NTFS shotboxes I see everyday. Nor does it need defragging. I thought I'd give it one the other day seeing as it hasn't had one since its build. It found bugger all to do. Don't you do digital video pctek? I end up with some 8+Gb files here working with DV. I have a lot of just Digital images and files over 10 times the size of my very first Hard Drive:-) I guess I would be lost without NTFS:-) As far as Dos goes, the WinXP Command (CMD) window is pretty much modern Dos, 99% of doc commands can still be done in that and it will run likes of pkzip dos version runs in dos i use sometimes to unzip multiple zip backup files. |
Bantu (52) | ||
| 609933 | 2007-11-10 19:24:00 | Don't you do digital video pctek? As far as Dos goes, the WinXP Command (CMD) window is pretty much modern Dos, No. And no it isn't!!! Its a command line. Sometimes its very useful to be able to boot into DOS. |
pctek (84) | ||
| 609934 | 2007-11-10 19:51:00 | No. And no it isn't!!! Its a command line. Sometimes its very useful to be able to boot into DOS. www.velocityreviews.com |
Bantu (52) | ||
| 609935 | 2007-11-10 20:14:00 | You don't have to wipe everything when you convert a drive from fat32 to ntfs. Before you do convert it though run some form of antivirus software as well just to insure the computer is clean. If you don't have any get Avast its free for the normal home user and is also effective. So I've run AVG and search & destroy so I'm sure its clean so if I've got this right I can now convert the os partition to ntfs without losing the os, just making doubly sure as I don't want to have to buy a copy of xp if I don't have to. Thanks :cool: |
gary67 (56) | ||
| 609936 | 2007-11-10 21:50:00 | So I've run AVG and search & destroy so I'm sure its clean so if I've got this right I can now convert the os partition to ntfs without losing the os, just making doubly sure as I don't want to have to buy a copy of xp if I don't have to. Thanks :cool: Hi Gary - theres only one thing thats certain in Computers - and any one who works with computers will tell you this NOTHING is certain. Things do go wrong sometimes, no matter how much care you take. When you put you run AVG and Spybot and its clean - don't be 100% sure. See This post I did a while back (pressf1.pcworld.co.nz) Number 7. Spybot is Good - but lately it is also missing quite a few. I suggest you do the following . Download the Free version of Spyware Doctor from my Sig Below. Run that. Back up all your data and items you can't aford to lose just in case something does go wrong (or clone the drive) IF something did go wrong, you wouldn't have to purchase another copy of XP, as long as you have the XP CD, or can borrow one, then as long as you have the product key simply reuse it. If you don't know the key use Magical JellyBean (www.magicaljellybean.com) to tell you what it is. After all those negitives :lol: its not all bad news. Most of the time the conversion goes with out a hitch, just not that fast. I did this exact same thing last week on a customers PC, took 5 hours to convert - but it did it. |
wainuitech (129) | ||
| 609937 | 2007-11-10 22:09:00 | Yes, you can convert without losing your data as has been mentioned, however, the Filesystem isnt related to your speed issues! Bantu, the cmd.exe is nothing like MSDOS! ;) DosBox is the closest you'll likely get to the real deal for gaming, but its still not even perfect. And yes, you can do some commands with it, but I pity you if you're using pkzip to unzip files when WinZip / WinRAR will integrate nicely with the windows shell making it as easy as two clicks to extract the contents of a zip file. wainuitech is right, as long as you've done the basics like an AV scan and a defrag, the conversion does go without a hitch.. even though I dont see why you would want to. Lastly, the windows defragger doesnt do a *perfect* job, but it'll be fine for 99% of all users, so yeah... :) |
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