Formating External Hard Drive from Fat to NTFS

Poopsi · Post by **Poopsi** » Thu Aug 17, 2006 12:48 am

I just installed my Video Studio 10. I am new to the Program. I wish to keep my Videos on an External Hard Drive. My External hard Drive is in the FAT Format and I need to re-format it to NTFS. I am not even sure I can ask this question here. How do I go about re-formating it so I have unlimited File Length? Thank you

THoff · Post by **THoff** » Thu Aug 17, 2006 1:06 am

You can reformat the drive by right-clicking on it and choosing Format (and lose everything on it), or simply convert it to NTFS using the following command line (it can also be run from the Start -> Run dialog):

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convert d: /FS:NTFS

Where d: is the drive letter of the FAT volume. Using the CONVERT utility keeps all the files that are on the drive.

sjj1805 · Post by **sjj1805** » Thu Aug 17, 2006 1:19 am

The convert method is quick easy and safe. It saves you re-installing anything.

Please view this link for full details from Microsoft:
http://www.microsoft.com/technet/prodte ... rtfat.mspx

Poopsi · Post by **Poopsi** » Thu Aug 17, 2006 1:56 am

Thank you both for the fast reply. I will give it a Try.