Well this is going to be the actual results of converting a FAT32 drive to a NTFS formatting. The reason I needed to do this was I was getting the path is too deep error which does not occur in NTFS.
First, you need to run the command, convert [drive]: /fs:NTFS. It will then output this.
P:\>convert j: /FS:NTFS
The type of the file system is FAT32.
Enter current volume label for drive J: IOMEGA HDD
Volume IOMEGA HDD created 3/2/2007 8:30 AM
Volume Serial Number is 0FF5-3142
Windows is verifying files and folders…
File and folder verification is complete.
Windows has checked the file system and found no problems.
78,129,056 KB total disk space.
72,896 KB in 1,088 hidden files.
47,648 KB in 1,487 folders.
25,724,128 KB in 16,068 files.
52,284,352 KB are available.
32,768 bytes in each allocation unit.
2,441,533 total allocation units on disk.
1,633,886 allocation units available on disk.
This drive is dirty and cannot be converted. You will need to
clear the dirty bit on this drive by running CHKDSK /F or allowing
AUTOCHK to run on it the next time you reboot.
The conversion failed.
J: was not converted to NTFS
Now if you notice, it generated an error. The error is this drive is dirty and cannot be converted. I did what it suggested and ran chkdsk /f [drive]
P:\>chkdsk /f J:
The type of the file system is FAT32.
Volume IOMEGA HDD created 3/2/2007 8:30 AM
Volume Serial Number is 0FF5-3142
Windows is verifying files and folders…
File and folder verification is complete.
Windows has checked the file system and found no problems.
78,129,056 KB total disk space.
72,896 KB in 1,088 hidden files.
47,648 KB in 1,487 folders.
25,724,128 KB in 16,068 files.
52,284,352 KB are available.
32,768 bytes in each allocation unit.
2,441,533 total allocation units on disk.
1,633,886 allocation units available on disk.
At this point, I thought it would be a good idea to run the CONVERT command again and it worked as shown below.
P:\>convert j: /FS:NTFSThe type of the file system is FAT32.Enter current volume label for drive J: IOMEGA HDD
Volume IOMEGA HDD created 3/2/2007 8:30 AM
Volume Serial Number is 0FF5-3142
Windows is verifying files and folders…
File and folder verification is complete.
Windows has checked the file system and found no problems.
78,129,056 KB total disk space.
72,896 KB in 1,088 hidden files.
47,648 KB in 1,487 folders.
25,724,128 KB in 16,068 files.
52,284,352 KB are available.
32,768 bytes in each allocation unit.
2,441,533 total allocation units on disk.
1,633,886 allocation units available on disk.
Determining disk space required for file system conversion…
Total disk space: 78148161 KB
Free space on volume: 52284352 KB
Space required for conversion: 186259 KB
Converting file system
Conversion complete
And just like that, the drive is now NTFS!!!! YEAY!!!!
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