Re: linux and windows

From: NicK (nospam_at_emirates.net.ae)
Date: 12/25/03

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    Date: Fri, 26 Dec 2003 11:34:49 +1400

    Rune Steffensen wrote:
    > George Hewitt meditated and wrote something like this:
    >
    >>
    >>> Ok. My laptop came with FAT32, so assumed this was standard. I guess
    >>> (I never learn, do I? :) it is as easy to convert from NTFS to FAT32
    >>> as vice versa, so this may also be a way to access the XP part.
    >>
    >>
    >> Humm I don't think its as easy to convert. AFAIK (not certain) it
    >> requires a full reformat....
    >
    >
    > I was very sure I had seen the option "Convert to NTFS" in some GUI
    > component somewere, but I can't find it.
    >
    > But I found the command 'convert' will do the trick form a DOS prompt.
    > There is no way to convert the other way (NTFS->VFAT), though.
    >
    In Windows XP, Disk Management will allow you to convert to NTFS. Right
    click on My Computer, select Manage, in the left pane, click on Disk
    Management. The pane on the right will display all the partitions.
    Right-click on a FAT16/32 partition and select Convert....
    ....the rest is history

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