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Community => General discussion => : Axon December 11, 2011, 09:48:53 AM
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Is there any way to convert NTFS back to FAT32 ?
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Well not possible with windows.
There are some third party software.
One of them is Spotmau PowerSuite
here is some info
http://www.wondershare.com/disk-utility/ntfs-to-fat.html
here is download link for golden edition.
http://thepiratebay.org/torrent/6140619/Spotmau_PowerSuite_2011_v_6.0.0.0907_GoldenEdition_carter67
there is newer version 7..
if you want it then spend some time with google, may be you can find it with crack.
and if so please share it it.
i am in middle of exam so i can't spend much time on net. :'(
hope it will help you. :)
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just find this entries for newer version
Download from Filesonic.com:
http://www.filesonic.in/file/4003646865/Spotmau.Power.Suite.GE.2012.7.0.1.part4.rar
http://www.filesonic.com/file/4003646835/Spotmau.Power.Suite.GE.2012.7.0.1.part3.rar
http://www.filesonic.com/file/4003646805/Spotmau.Power.Suite.GE.2012.7.0.1.part2.rar
http://www.filesonic.in/file/4003646575/Spotmau.Power.Suite.GE.2012.7.0.1.part1.rar
Download from .filesonic.com:
http://www.filesonic.com/folder/15648255
http://www.filesonic.com/file/4013847663/Spotmau.Power.Suite.GE.2012.7.0.1.part1.rar
http://www.filesonic.com/file/4021966714/Spotmau.Power.Suite.GE.2012.7.0.1.part2.rar
or
http://ul.to/ue21p67w/Spotmau.Power.Suite.GE.2012.7.0.1.part2.rar
http://ul.to/14rezquc/Spotmau.Power.Suite.GE.2012.7.0.1.part1.rar
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Don't know how to do it without losing anything, but if you've backed up all your files use gparted. I've always loved it. Simple, and gets the job done. If needing something more advanced, fdisk / cfdisk
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My problem is not with my HDD ,I have a 16 GB usb stick. As you all know USB's are mostly FAT32 and FAT32 can't handle files that are bigger than 4 GB, so i converted it to NTFS a few weeks ago since then I've been having a problem with installing any Linux distribution on my usb .
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use ext2 + extlinux? could keep a NTFS partition for windows files. a suggestion, my linux-usb are all manually created.
some links:
http://en.gentoo-wiki.com/wiki/Gentoo_minimal_CD_on_USB_stick
http://element.edoceo.com/howto/extlinux
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use ext2 + extlinux? could keep a NTFS partition for windows files. a suggestion, my linux-usb are all manually created.
some links:
http://en.gentoo-wiki.com/wiki/Gentoo_minimal_CD_on_USB_stick
http://element.edoceo.com/howto/extlinux
Not to troll or anything, but basically....
dd if=something.iso of=/dev/usb
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My problem is not with my HDD ,I have a 16 GB usb stick. As you all know USB's are mostly FAT32 and FAT32 can't handle files that are bigger than 4 GB, so i converted it to NTFS a few weeks ago since then I've been having a problem with installing any Linux distribution on my usb .
Are you serious! With USB stick!
the hell man.. just copy all data somewhere else for while and format it with FAT32.. and take your data back
Whats a problem here?
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Whats a problem here?
>4GB, read again
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Not to troll or anything, but basically....
dd if=something.iso of=/dev/usb
Got 32G, with GRUB(1 laptop not support syslinux).. gentoo, ubuntu, bt5. For quick/easy you are correct. Some installcds will actually require the ISO itself, otherwise will claim missing files(centOS). Also if he wants to keep all that crap on his USB drive...
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>4GB, read again
Its not in every case.
and here we are talking about os. not one file.
i transfer more than 4 gb data everyday on my 8 gb usb stick.
so basically he just want to install linux on stick.
so why not just format it in normal way with FAT32 !!
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nvm you are correct.
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Are you serious! With USB stick!
the hell man.. just copy all data somewhere else for while and format it with FAT32.. and take your data back
Whats a problem here?
Yes ? a USB stick . I always try different Linux distributions, so I use my USB stick since most of the Linux versions are USB bootable
What's the problem?
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Yes ? a USB stick . I always try different Linux distributions, so I use my USB stick since most of the Linux versions are USB bootable
What's the problem?
Buddy just read next posts after that.
I am telling you that if you want FAT32 for your USB then just format it.. aah i am not getting whats a big problem here.
isn't this your question?
Is there any way to convert NTFS back to FAT32 ?
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Buddy just read next posts after that.
I am telling you that if you want FAT32 for your USB then just format it.. aah i am not getting whats a big problem here.
isn't this your question?
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uhh...crap . I didn't know when you format your USB you can choose what file system you want :o
I spent days searching for an answer but it was right under my nose :-X
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uhh...crap . I didn't know when you format your USB you can choose what file system you want :o
I spent days searching for an answer but it was right under my nose :-X
i lol'd you can format to anything u want..>.<, i prefer fat32, but you got a limit to filesize, i think it was 3/4gb max per file each
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Well FAT32/NTFS both have their points.
You can utilize more space in FAT32, where as in NTFS you can use less then FAT32.
You got security in NTFS where as in FAT32 you don't have it.
So for USB FAT32 is good, because its little bit faster than NTFS
P.S its not often that we transfer single file greater than 4gb.
But for HDD partition NTFS should be preferred because you need security first here.
P.S you may be have file greater than 4gb to keep.
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Is there any way to convert NTFS back to FAT32 ?
I've had to do this on a couple of occasions and if your using xp pro you're in luck.
I converted by simply using command prompt without having to move files etc.
WARNING, if you have any files larger than 3.9 giB, you wont be able to convert BACK to Fat32. If yu do transfer tham to an appropriate usb.
To convert a volume to FAT32 from the command prompt
Open Command Prompt.
In the command prompt window, type
convert drive_letter: /fs:fat32
For example, typing convert D: /fs:fat32 would format drive D: with the ntfs format.
Notes
To open command prompt, click Start, point to Programs, point to Accessories, and then click Command Prompt.
In WinXP, you can also move all the files and re-format the vol to fat32 execute following command for your disk you want to format (replace the "z:" to your drive):
"format z: /FS:FAT32"
Dunno what yu do for Linux or god forbid Mac and unsure if this works in 7 or not but it's been a while since i did it and i did it on XP and it worked flawlessly and real easy without having to move anything around (luckily all my files on vol were lees than 4 GiB in size each. It's just cleaner than having to download software to do it.
Hope it helps dude :D
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To convert a volume to FAT32 from the command prompt
Open Command Prompt.
In the command prompt window, type
convert drive_letter: /fs:fat32
Buddy can you show me an example for /FS:FAT working.
You got only /FS:NTFS from command prompt.
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Buddy can you show me an example for /FS:FAT working.
You got only /FS:NTFS from command prompt.
Mate, to me it looks like your using win 7 and as i said i don't know if it will work in win7. However, XP does have a couple of ways of dealing with this. Yu can insert the xp pro cd and reboot. If yu want to do it yur gonna have to transfer the files and convert to fat32 and then re-install yur files on selected drive (remember GiB limit tho)
If you are indeed using an XP partition then yu might want to try the following. If your missing yur original XP disc then download a rescue CD image from interwebz. You can also give this a whirl in 7 as well see how u go
MAKE SURE YU SAVED YUR FILES NEEDED ON YUR FAT PARTITION IN A SAFE PLACE
insert your Windows XP CD (or rescue cd) into your CD-ROM, reboot your system and follow the instructions below:
After restarting your PC Setup will begin
At the Welcome to Setup screen press F10
Pressing F10 opens the recovery Console. This is a DOS based screen so you need to first specify the operating system location, i.e. C: Drive and then log in as using your Administrator Password if yur not password authorised than forget it.
After logging in type map and then hit escape key (Enter)
Highlight the drive you want to reformat. Drive letters may differ in recovery console to those in xp so refer to sizes to locate the one yu need
Type format x: /fs:fat32 Substitute the ‘x’ for the drive letter you wish to reformat and then press Enter. Use the drive letter as its expressed in recovery console NOT the one you think it shuld b
Confirm your choice by typing Y and then pressing Enter
Once the hard drive has finished formatting type Exit and then press Enter to restart your computer.
After that u can transfer those files u had in safekeeping onto the fat32 partition.
Nothing is impossible and ignore that people might say it cant be done. Google some shit, better still wikiped it
Theres an answer for everything and a way to do everything, it's all binary my friend
Please let me know if this helped or yu need more nfo
Hope this helps (http://evilzone.org/Smileys/default/wink.gif)
I also found this link but it means downloading software which sux i know
If you are using win 7 pro yu can create an xp virtual and convert the drive part it creates to fat or do a dula boot xp and windows 7 and turn the xp part into fat
Either way it looks like yur going to have to format and not convert which is a bummer as you'll be moving files around.
Anywayz give this a go as well
http://www.extend-partition.com/resource/convert-ntfs-to-fat32-partition.html
Cheers and hope it helps ;-)
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Using Fat32 read and write will be fast thatz the reason flash drives often comes with fat32, Apart from speed of reading and writing data NTFS has many more advantages over FAT32.
You can format the drive and move to FAT32 but this will be at cost of loosing data.
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Using Fat32 read and write will be fast thatz the reason flash drives often comes with fat32, Apart from speed of reading and writing data NTFS has many more advantages over FAT32.
You can format the drive and move to FAT32 but this will be at cost of loosing data.
I backed my data and formatted my USB . Still having problems when booting some Linux distributions ?