How to convert NTFS to FAT32?

Hello,
i want to convert my ntfs partition in fat32 because i want to recovery my system do default settings with an oem reserved partition (10 GB) in Acer Aspire 5920. i can't recovery with ntfs i need to convert in fat32, now i have installed windows 7 rc1 and my question is how to convert ntfs to fat32 without losing data. sry for my bad english .

 

Format the Drive
The steps here are to use the command line to format the disk properly using the diskpart utility. [Be warned: this will erase everything on your drive. Be careful.]

1. Plug in your USB Flash Drive
2. Open a command prompt as administrator (Right click on Start > All Programs > Accessories > Command Prompt and select run as administrator?
3. Find the drive number of your USB Drive by typing the following into the Command Prompt window:
diskpart
list disk
The number of your USB drive will listed. You'll need this for the next step. I'll assume that the USB flash drive is disk 1.
4. Format the drive by typing the next instructions into the same window. Replace the number ??with the number of your disk below.
select disk 1
clean
format fs=FAT32
assign
exit

 

Your question "ho w to convert ntfs to fat32 without losing data" cannot be done without 3rd party software. I believe you can do it with Partition Magic but I won't even speculate what Windows 7 is going to think about the fat32 partition.

Fat32 has many limitations that NTFS doesn't have. You may want to rethink what you are doing and if there is another way.

 

Since you're going to wipe the partition anyway, forget conversion. Just format the partition as FAT32. If you can't do that from Acer's recovery utility, you can make a gparted livecd (or similar disk tools boot cd) and boot from that cd and do it.