[access-uk] Re: fat32 or ntfs
- From: "Andrew Hodgson" <andrew@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Sun, 27 Mar 2005 20:29:39 +0100
Hi,
Check to see if you are missing any files, but I suspect the difference
is because NTFS is a lot more efficient in space than FAT32, especially
if your FAT32 partition is large. Remember though that external disk is
no longer readible in anything other than XP or 2k (older Windows won't
work).
Andrew.
-----Original Message-----
From: access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf
Of Ali
Sent: 27 March 2005 19:58
To: access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [access-uk] Re: fat32 or ntfs
Please ignore. I remembered how to do it after writing the message.
Thanks anyway.
One thing though. After converting it into ntfs, I copied the data back
onto this external hd. Previously it was nearly 9gb, now it shows
nearly 6gb. Does anyone have any idea why this could be?
Thanks
Ali
----- Original Message -----
From: "Ali" <alpot@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Sunday, March 27, 2005 5:52 PM
Subject: [access-uk] Re: fat32 or ntfs
> Andrew,
> thanks very much. the external hd is 100gb. It is one of those
anypack
> external hd. How can I format it please? I cannot remember at all.
Using
> xp home.
>
> Thanks
> Ali
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Andrew Hodgson" <andrew@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> To: <access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Sent: Sunday, March 27, 2005 1:34 PM
> Subject: [access-uk] Re: fat32 or ntfs
>
>
> Hi,
>
> There should be no problem - I always format external media of this
size
> as FAT32, as it is more portable on a larger range of devices.
>
> If you want to format the drive as NTFS, then you need to copy the
> contents to a temporary location on the internal drive, do the format,
> then copy it back over.
>
> Thanks.
> Andrew.
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On
Behalf
> Of Ali
> Sent: 27 March 2005 12:08
> To: access
> Subject: [access-uk] fat32 or ntfs
>
> Hi,
> my internal hard drive is formatted as ntfs and the external hard
drive
> is fat32. Would this cause any trouble at all? I have nearly 9 gb of
> data on the external hard drive and I am using it as a backup drive.
> How would I format the external hard drive into ntfs without losing
the
> data on it?
> Using xp home.
> Thank you.
> Ali
>
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