Re: Converting to NTFS

From: Bruce Chambers (bchambers@nospam.cableone.net)
Date: 02/07/03 

From: "Bruce Chambers" <bchambers@nospam.cableone.net>
Date: Fri, 7 Feb 2003 09:17:41 -0700

Greetings --

    You can safely convert the drive when desired. As always when
performing any serious changes, back up any important data before
proceeding, just in case. A little advance preparation is also
strongly recommended, so you can avoid any performance hits:

Converting FAT32 to NTFS in Windows
http://www.aumha.org/a/ntfscvt.htm

Bruce Chambers
Microsoft MVP - Shell/User
http://dts-l.org/goodpost.htm 

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"Frank" <hpum@yahoo.com> wrote in message 
news:03c101c2ce44$5d46bc50$d7f82ecf@TK2MSFTNGXA14...
> I want to take advantage of PERMISSION Features of NTFS
> and want to convert from FAT 32, however,I am concerned
> about this:
>  Volumes converted from FAT to NTFS lack some performance
> benefits compared to volumes initially formatted with
> NTFS. On converted volumes, the MFT might become
> fragmented. In addition, on converted boot volumes, NTFS
> permissions are not applied after the volume is converted
>
> I searched the MSN knowledge base and found this:
>
> PRB: File Security Issues After Converting FAT32
> Partitions to the NTFS File System at
> http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-
> us;810142.
>
> DO THEY MEAN THE SAME? Will converting affect me using
> PERMISSIONS EFFECTIVELY IN FILES AND FOLDERS?
>
> Any Advise?
>
>

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