converting from fat32 to NTFS need opinion

johnway · 24th Oct 2006, 05:45 AM

Recently i bought condemned for my pc. The game failed to install and after a quick search on google, i discovered my answer, game doesn't work on Fat32 and only on NTFS. Sure enough i found even the procedure for it using command prompt.

But what are the risks of doing this? What are the possablities of it happening? How long should the procedure take?

I ask these questions because i bought a pc 2 years ago (A Tiny pc) and foolishly didn't fork out the extra cash for the OS CD. So if it goes wrong, it could go very wrong for me.

OS system is Winxp and i have a 200gb HD.

zy · 24th Oct 2006, 07:34 AM

so far i did not encounter any problems but make sure you run chkdsk first to clear out any errors ;p.

doraemon · 24th Oct 2006, 02:31 PM

http://cquirke.mvps.org/ntfs.htm

http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/u...october01.mspx

http://www.ntfs.com/ntfs_vs_fat.htm

24th Oct 2006, 05:45 AM	#1 (permalink)
johnway Newbie Join Date: 20 Dec 2005 Posts: 3 Reputation: 0 Rep Power: 0	converting from fat32 to NTFS need opinion Recently i bought condemned for my pc. The game failed to install and after a quick search on google, i discovered my answer, game doesn't work on Fat32 and only on NTFS. Sure enough i found even the procedure for it using command prompt. But what are the risks of doing this? What are the possablities of it happening? How long should the procedure take? I ask these questions because i bought a pc 2 years ago (A Tiny pc) and foolishly didn't fork out the extra cash for the OS CD. So if it goes wrong, it could go very wrong for me. OS system is Winxp and i have a 200gb HD.

24th Oct 2006, 07:34 AM	#2 (permalink)
zy Dead Join Date: 16 Dec 2002 Location: Penang,Malaysia - Buffalo,New York Posts: 12,884 Reputation: 2064 Rep Power: 39	so far i did not encounter any problems but make sure you run chkdsk first to clear out any errors ;p. __________________ current: P4-3.2\|P4P800-Deluxe\|512x4-DDR\|NV6600 WD2500KS\|WD5000AAKS\|AD-7191A\|1860NX\|Z2300\|MP470 home (malaysia): P4C-2.6@3.1-StockHSF\|AI7\|256x2-BT-D43\|512x2-DT-D43\|A9600XT-VIVO WD1200JB\|2xWD2500KS\|DRU-800A\|DVD-E616P\|LTR-52327S\|152x\|V.S.4121\|iP1500 laptop: M1210\|T7200\|2GBDDR667\|160GB5K160\|GO7400

24th Oct 2006, 02:31 PM	#3 (permalink)
doraemon Hyperactive Join Date: 18 Jun 2004 Location: 22ndCentury Posts: 3,087 Reputation: 724 Rep Power: 15	http://cquirke.mvps.org/ntfs.htm http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/u...october01.mspx http://www.ntfs.com/ntfs_vs_fat.htm __________________

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