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    Quick question need Quick Answer

    Discussion in 'Asus' started by Orphen, Jun 1, 2006.

  1. Orphen

    Orphen Notebook Enthusiast

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    Hey guys

    Ok, just answer this question straight out:

    "If i change my C:/ to NTFS from FAT32, is there a chance (any at all, and HOW big of a chance) that i will lose any of the data on my C:/ drive?"

    and wat will happened if changing to NTFS is actually slower?

    Cheers
     
    Orphen, Jun 1, 2006
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  2. muji

    muji Notebook Guru

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    you shouldn't lose any data at all. best thing to do is back that data up before converting. I don't think you can change from NTFS back to Fat32.
     
    muji, Jun 1, 2006
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  3. ClearSkies

    ClearSkies Well no, I'm still here..

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    Ditto that on data backup, although the conversion is an automatic process that simply changes the drive format and should keep all data intact.

    You cannot go back to FAT32 unless you reformat and reinstall Windows on the drive, but in this age why would you want to for most applications? NTFS is a much better format, and allows larger individual file sizes. Speed difference will probably not be noticeable.
     
    ClearSkies, Jun 1, 2006
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    SRD Notebook Virtuoso

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    well when you do the convert it will ask if you want to dismount the c drive. say no. then it will ask if you want to convert on reboot select yes.
     
    SRD, Jun 1, 2006
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  5. Orphen

    Orphen Notebook Enthusiast

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    i'm afraid cause, i read somewhere on this ASUS forum that someone converted to NTFS from FAT32 and his laptop was actually slower.......he said that it slowed down after he converted.........

    any comments on that? cause i wanna convert it soon
     
    Orphen, Jun 3, 2006
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    Orphen Notebook Enthusiast

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    i'm afraid cause, i read somewhere on this ASUS forum that someone converted to NTFS from FAT32 and his laptop was actually slower.......he said that it slowed down after he converted.........

    any comments on that? cause i wanna convert it soon

    and there's some files that i can't backup........which i've posted somewhere else on this forum...............*finding*.........*found*

    These are the files that i can't backup (i.e. can't create a copy or move):

    C:\Documents and Settings\[Username]\Local Settings

    C:\Documents and Settings\[Username]\Local Settings\NTUSER

    C:\Documents and Settings\[Username]\ntuser.dat

    C:\WINDOWS (folder)

    any idea how to make a backup of those?
     
    Orphen, Jun 3, 2006
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  7. coriolis

    coriolis Notebook Nobel Laureate

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    It is slower in some circumstances, however, in Fat32, you can't have files larger then 4gb. There are a few more things, but I can't recall any right now :p
     
    coriolis, Jun 3, 2006
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