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  Anonymous

  4 years ago

  FYI,
  It should be like this
  1. Click Start
  2. Select Run from the Start menu
  3. Type cmd in the textbox and click OK
  4. In the command window that opens type the following:
  
  convert c: /fs:ntfs (Forward slash rather backward slash)
  
  Cheers
  Chan
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  AlexTheBeast

  4 years ago

  Thanks!
  
  Recipe is corrected!
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  Nat

  4 years ago

  I've done the c: /fs:ntfs command. But the system refuses to convert stating that there was an error converting one of the Directories. It just stopped and refuses to convert. I can see the files ex; image.jpg BUT it can't read it.
  
  Any ideas? :?
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  MickeyMouse

  4 years ago

  <ul id="quote"><h6>Nat wrote:</h6>I've done the c: /fs:ntfs command. But the system refuses to convert stating that there was an error converting one of the Directories. It just stopped and refuses to convert. I can see the files ex; image.jpg BUT it can't read it.
  
  Any ideas? :?</ul>
  
  From the command line run:
  <ul>chkdsk c: /f
  
  where c: is your drive of interest</ul> Reboot, let windows try to repair the errors, and see if that helps.
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  Anonymous

  4 years ago

  I recieve an error when I go to convert one of my drives. My C drive converted easily, but my E drive always has the same error message: "cannot determine file system of drive". Help?
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  Anonymous

  3 years ago

  try defragmenting the particular drive under the Admin account
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  Stefanie

  7 months ago

  Does convert format the drive?
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  genie

  6 months ago

  Stefanie.... convert only changes the format of the drive... it does not format your drive (as in wiping it clean). Convert will leave all your files and data intact. However, it is still a great idea to have your hdd backed up just in case something does go wrong. But since we ALL keep recent backups anyway, that shouldn't be a problem. ;-)
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  theo

  5 months ago

  i tried to do it in an externat drive (conected via usb) and it says:
  CONVERT is not available for RAW units
  
  what should i do?
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  Amol

  3 months ago

  i'm not able to convert my usb drive
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  ertugrul uysal

  1 day ago

  i ve just done it on my external harddrive. It doesn't format the disk, everything is like it were. Not any loss of data. If the conversion fails try to fix the file system errors on the disk and then convert. It happened to me. The file system errors are gone and conversion was successful then. it works just fine. thx
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