FAT32 Image on a NTFS formatted Hard Drive

[ockerb]

I currently have windows xp pro installed onto a fat32 formatted hard drive. Can I image the hard drive, format the drive to NTFS then restore the image to the newly formatted NTFS drive?

 

[franklin97355]

Don't think so, at least not with ghost 'cause that does a low level copy. There should be a conversion utility to convert fat32 to NTFS out there. Try Googling for it

 

[linney]

Converting FAT32 to NTFS in Windows

http://www.aumha.org/a/ntfscvt.htm

http://groups.google.com/groups?hl=...vert+fat+ntfs+windows+xp+problems&sa=N&tab=wg

http://www.google.com/search?source...=UTF-8&q=convert+fat+ntfs+windows+xp+problems

307881 - HOW TO: Convert a FAT16 or FAT32 Volume to NTFS in Windows XP

http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;307881&FR=1&PA=1&SD=HSCH

 

[ockerb]

thanks linney for your reply, does that also mean "NO" to my original question?

 

[linney]

It's an - I don't think so type of answer, maybe there is some software out there that can do it.

"Drive Image will make a complete "image" of the partition and as a result, whenever you need/want to restore, it will format the partition and will write the image file to that partition. Therefore, the file structure (NTFS or Fat32) will be restored as it was imaged. So if you convert to
NTFS and then image, any restore of that image will be restored as the NTFS file structure that you made. Same is true if you left it as FAT32, in that case, it would be imaged as FAT32 and would restore to Fat32."

http://groups.google.com/groups?hl=...ie=UTF-8&q=+restore+NTFS+to+FAT32&btnG=Search

 

[bcastner]

My thoughts are exactly along the lines of linney: an "image" would restore the filestore as part and parcel of its job.

I have not had any issues using the CONVERT.EXE utility native to XP to convert FAT32 to NTFS. linney provided a good link in his first post. Just run convert.

 

[Kjonnnn]

Yea. Ive used the "convert" utility alot. No problems.