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Fatal Berserker
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Posted: 30th Oct 2010 03:42
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Quote: "C:\Users\Michael>convert j: /FS:NTFS
The type of the file system is FAT32.
Enter current volume label for drive J: My Book
The volume is in use by another process. Chkdsk
might report errors when no corruption is present.
Volume My Book created 09/02/2006 1:42 PM
Volume Serial Number is 0E3C-CB53
Windows is verifying files and folders...
File and folder verification is complete.
Windows has checked the file system and found no problems.
488,256,704 KB total disk space.
1,648,416 KB in 51,147 hidden files.
446,272 KB in 13,521 folders.
181,293,152 KB in 183,299 files.
304,868,832 KB are available.

32,768 bytes in each allocation unit.
15,258,022 total allocation units on disk.
9,527,151 allocation units available on disk.

Determining disk space required for file system conversion...
Total disk space: 488375968 KB
Free space on volume: 304868832 KB
Space required for conversion: 983294 KB
Converting file system
The conversion failed.
J: was not converted to NTFS"


Why cant i convert my external hard drive from FAT32 - NTFS w/o reformatting?

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DJ Almix
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Posted: 30th Oct 2010 03:48
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Correct me if I'm wrong, but I think formatting it to convert it is the only way?

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Eminent
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Hey your name is Michael too?


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Fatal Berserker
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Posted: 30th Oct 2010 05:06 Edited at: 30th Oct 2010 05:30
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Quote: "Correct me if I'm wrong, but I think formatting it to convert it is the only way?"

Until Microsoft released the conversion command .

Im trying now with admin rights to see if theres any change, already i see one and that is that it is calling my by:
C:\Windows\system32>convert j: /FS:NTFS

System32, so maybe itll work.

Quote: "Hey your name is Michael too?"

No thats my codename. My real name is too awesome to hear... Wolfgang! (dont say it or youll die in awesomeness).

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Quote: "C:\Windows\system32>convert j: /FS:NTFS
The type of the file system is FAT32.
Enter current volume label for drive J: My Book
Convert cannot run because the volume is in use by another
process. Convert may run if this volume is dismounted first.
ALL OPENED HANDLES TO THIS VOLUME WOULD THEN BE INVALID.
Would you like to force a dismount on this volume? (Y/N) y
Volume dismounted. All opened handles to this volume are now invalid.
The volume is in use by another process. Chkdsk
might report errors when no corruption is present.
Volume My Book created 09/02/2006 1:42 PM
Volume Serial Number is 0E3C-CB53
Windows is verifying files and folders...
File and folder verification is complete.
Windows has checked the file system and found no problems.
488,256,704 KB total disk space.
1,648,416 KB in 51,147 hidden files.
446,272 KB in 13,521 folders.
219,874,080 KB in 183,325 files.
266,287,904 KB are available.

32,768 bytes in each allocation unit.
15,258,022 total allocation units on disk.
8,321,497 allocation units available on disk.

Determining disk space required for file system conversion...
Total disk space: 488375968 KB
Free space on volume: 266287904 KB
Space required for conversion: 983327 KB
Converting file system
The conversion failed.
J: was not converted to NTFS"


Even though it was whirin away this time, it still failed.

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bitJericho
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Posted: 30th Oct 2010 12:13 Edited at: 30th Oct 2010 19:39
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you could try a different format utility like gparted. But uh, you should have your files backed up before you convert it anyway. It's very possible your files will not be accessible after you convert. I've had failed conversions many, many times.

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gamerboots
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Posted: 30th Oct 2010 19:16
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is this a flash drive or a hard drive ?

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Fatal Berserker
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Posted: 30th Oct 2010 20:13
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Quote: "is this a flash drive or a hard drive ?"

Its a standard external hard drive.

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charger bandit
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Posted: 30th Oct 2010 20:33
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I would copy the files to my hard drive in the PC,format the external HDD then copy the files back.


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Posted: 1st Nov 2010 06:39 Edited at: 1st Nov 2010 06:41
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In this case,
**Backup any files you want from it first**
remove all partitions from it (including its primary partitions)
make a new primary partition,
reformat it in NTFS.
Should not take more than a few hours.

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Phaelax
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I would give gparted a try, as that will also run outside of Windows you'll have less issues to consider as you know nothing will be attempting to the use the drive during conversion.

I tried looking up if there was some specific issue with WD's MyBook, but other than several ppl asking how to simply convert them, the standard windows method worked. (despite several people mentioning WD support couldn't tell them how to convert)

Partition Magic can also do the conversion, but gparted will probably be your best bet.

An issue that might cause conversion issues is if the drive is heavily fragmented. Not sure if this is true, but it was something I saw mentioned online.


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