In the pop-up window, you can view the current file system and the target file system. Then click Start button to begin the conversion process. Guess these free methods are also useful to help you guys. Have a try! Above are the top 2 methods we put forward to help. Hope you can resolve this issue after following our guide. If they are proved to be helpful, share to help more users. If you have other nice suggestions towards how to convert FAT32 to NTFS without losing data, let us know by typing your thoughts in the comment section.
It is clear that NTFS has an upper hand. However, there are situations when you have to convert from NTFS to fat. We will know more about it in the next section of the article. If you decide to directly format the drive, you will lose data for sure.
There is no avoiding that. So, to save you all that trouble, here are some of the methods that you can use to convert NTFS to fat without any data loss. One thing to remember is that - never use the conventional methods to change NTFS to fat. This can wipe out the data from the drive and it becomes really difficult to retrieve it again. You can use the command prompt application on your system to make the conversion. This is a simple two-step process and you don't need coding efficiency either.
However, you will have to be in the administrator account to use this method. If your computer has more than one account, make the shift before you begin with step 1. Otherwise, you can right-click on the command prompt and open it as an administrator. Step 1: Open the command prompt application by going to the Start Menu.
Do not forget to open it as an Administrator. Step 2: Now you have to enter the command to initiate the conversion. Press 'Enter'. The disadvantage of using the CMD method is that - you cannot be completely sure that the data will not be deleted. It is unpredictable. Remember how we asked you to not rely on the usual methods to make the conversion?
The file system of the target device is now NTFS. You can view and use the saved data on the drive again. Besides using CMD or third-party conversion software, there is another way that can help users to change their device file system.
As we know the formatting operation will cause file loss on devices. Therefore, if you plan to format the device so as to switch the file system, do remember to back up valuable data to another secure location in advance. There are three ways that you can apply to format device to NTFS. The former the tip listed, the easier it would be for you. Step 1. Step 3. When the formatting finishes, close the formatting window. It's now NTFS and you can copy the backed up files back to the formatted device.
Connect your external hard drive or USB drive to the PC before you start the formatting with the following steps:. Open Disk Management and right-click the target device, select "Format". Right-click on the Windows icon, select "Search" and type cmd.
Right-click to run Command Prompt as administrator, type diskpart, and hit Enter. Support partition, folder and file compression. Reasonable system sources allocation improves system security. Access permission for shared source, folder and file enables higher security. Method 2. Step 3. Click "OK" in mini window. Step 4.
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