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Converting to NTFS It is important to ensure that the external drive you will be saving your backup image be formatted using an NTFS file system prior to saving your backup image to Drive E:. To determine which file system Drive E: is review the following steps: |
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Click Start - Run. In the Open dialog box, type compmgmt.msc and click OK |
Locate and double click Disk Management |
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Locate the external drive (Drive E: in my case), and take note of the File System column. If it already says NTFS, then you are ready to proceed with your first backup. If it says FAT32, then we need to convert the file system to NTFS. Please note that converting the file system from FAT32 to NTFS is non destructive, meaning that if you already stored files on your external drive, converting the file system to NTFS will not erase these files. To convert t the FAT32 file system to NTFS, first click on the 'X' in the upper right hand corner of the Disk Management interface to close off the Computer Management tool. |
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Click Start - Run In the Open Dialog box, type CMD and click OK |
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Type vol e: and press Enter. Record what is displayed after the following line : Volume in drive E is . In my example, the volume is named DRIVEIMAGE. Your label is probably different or perhaps even blank |
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Type convert e: /fs:ntfs and press Enter. If your Drive E: had a volume label on it, the convert command asks you for verification by prompting you to supply the volume label and pressing Enter, at which point the conversion to NTFS begins. If your volume label did not have a value assigned to it, upon typing the convert command, immediately the conversion process to NTFS begins |
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When the conversion to NTFS is over, the convert command will display conversion complete. Once the conversion is complete, type exit and press Enter to return to your Windows desktop. Congratulations, you have now converted your FAT32 filesystem to NTFS |
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