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    karan_vikesh Posts: 41, Reputation: 1
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    Feb 26, 2010, 11:44 AM
    Change pd from FAT32 to NTFS
    I have a single file of 7gb and have to put it in my pendrive of 8gb but the problem is that its FAT32 so I can't put it so I have to convert the FAT32 in NTFS so that I can put the data... I tried to convert the format by formating the pendrive but to no avail.is there any other way to convert the format of pendrive from FAT32 to NTFS?


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    Feb 26, 2010, 07:09 PM

    There is a command line CONVERT command. See How to convert a FAT16 volume or a FAT32 volume to an NTFS file system in Windows XP. Why didn't formatting work?
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    Feb 27, 2010, 09:57 AM

    How much tym it will take to convert it into NTFS?
    Fomatting doesn't work dude... it just keeps it in fat32 .thnks for the way u gave me it worked
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    Feb 27, 2010, 06:50 PM

    I don't know how long it will take for an 8 GB drive. I suspect it depends on the number of files on the drive and the write speed of the drive. Post back if you timed it, I'm curious.
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    Jun 24, 2010, 10:43 PM
    It took me not more then 10mins to convert from fat to ntfs
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