Convert FAT32 to NTFS Format without loosing data

What is FAT32 and NTFS File systems:

These are the two file formats we often come across in windows ie., FAT32 and NTFS .FAT32 is older compared to NTFS and it has some problems while using it.there are some limitations in FAT32 like ,we can create partition above 32GB and it can't store files whose size is greater than 4GB.so, we need to convert them to NTFS,which is robust,secured,takes lesser defragmentation time and can store files larger than 4GB.FAT32 is mainly used in systems with different windows operating systems (multibooting)however,let us see how to convert FAT32 to NTFS without Loosing Data using command prompt.

To know more about FAT32 and NTFS file systems:click here

Steps:

• Plug in the pen-drive you want to convert from FAT32 to NTFS.
• Open command prompt in administrative mode(right click on command prompt to open in administrative mode or press windows key+X and then press A).
  
  
  
• Now type "chkdsk X: /f" (without quotes) to check the errors in disk and fix them,where letter X is the pen-drive label that is to be converted.
  

• Next, type "Convert X: /FS:NTFS" (without quotes).X is the letter that is assigned to pen-drive.it will take few minutes to convert and successful message is seen.
  

    

• Right click on pendrive properties to check the format type of pen-drive.
• And simply ,we can convert FAT32 to NTFS without loosing or formatting the data.

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