I have two drives C: and D, D: is NTFS and C: is FAT32 but i want C: to be NTFS,too.?

C: is my boot drive, however, and when i tried to run cmd (convert.exe) it didn't work





Is there anyway to convert my boot drive C: safely?


I am running windows xp professional but C: got formatted to FAT32 because of the acer recovery cd i used (i got a new hd on my acer travelmate 290), and it some used fat32 instead of ntfs to install windows





other questions:


will windows still work right if i conver the boot drive C: to ntfs?


will i lose space by converting?


will i have to defrag?

I have two drives C: and D, D: is NTFS and C: is FAT32 but i want C: to be NTFS,too.?
Open the command prompt and use this command to convert.





convert drive_letter: /fs:ntfs
Reply:You can't use convert.exe to convert the partition Windows is on to NTFS. If you type in 'help', under the description for convert it tells you that you can't convert the current drive. You might be able to use PartitionMagic or similar software to convert the drive. I would definitely back up your data before you try to convert the drive though.
Reply:Simply saying 'it didn't work' doesn't help us much.


Verify the syntax you used: convert c: /fs:ntfs /v





Answering your other questions, yes, no, always.