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PartitionMagic Chapter Seven - Software Utilities
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To convert from FAT to FAT32:
1. From the Disk drop-down list (located on the toolbar), select the disk
containing the partition you wish to convert.
2. On the partition map or in the partition list, right-click the FAT partition you want
to convert to FAT32 and click Convert > Convert FAT to FAT32 on the
context menu.
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You can also select the partition and click Operations > Convert > Convert FAT
to FAT32 on the menu bar.
3. To continue with the conversion, click OK.
4. In the lower right corner of the PartitionMagic main window, click Apply.
5. Click Yes to confirm that you want to apply the changes.
Converting FAT to NTFS
The Convert FAT to NTFS operation launches the Microsoft Convert utility to
convert a FAT partition to NTFS. You must be running Windows NT to complete
this conversion. In a DOS box at the C:\prompt, type Convert c:\FS\NTFS.
If you boot multiple OSs you must be very careful converting FAT to NTFS. NTFS
is only accessible with Windows NT; therefore, the data in this partition will not be
accessible if you boot DOS or Windows 95/98. This is a one-way conversion; to
revert back to FAT you must back up all your files, reformat the partition, and
restore the files.
If NTFS is the full size of your drive and no DOS partition is available, you must
copy the pqmagic files to a bootable floppy and at the command line type
Pqmagic/PQB=a:Pqbatch.pqb. Because NTFS is not accessible from DOS it is
unable to copy the batchfile process to the hard drive. By typing the
aforementioned command, it is able to write to the floppy. PartitionMagic can now
complete the tasks specified.
The Convert FAT32 to FAT operation converts a FAT32 partition to FAT. To
complete this conversion, the partition must have at least 300-400 MB free space
because of how the FAT file system allocates disk space for file storage.