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Convert WD 640GB Elements FAT32 to NTFS
It's a new drive with nothing on it.
I started converting it from an Amin command prompt about 5 hours ago. The LED on the drive is flashing and the Task Manager shows it's running but other than that I have no indication that it is in fact actually running. Below is what the command prompt window displays. It has not changed at all in the 5 hours. Has anyone else experienced this? How long does this process usually take? Windows is verifying files and folders... File and folder verification is complete. Windows has checked the file system and found no problems. 624,976,672 KB total disk space. 160 KB in 5 hidden files. 32 KB in 1 folders. 32 KB in 1 files. 624,976,416 KB are available. 32,768 bytes in each allocation unit. 19,530,521 total allocation units on disk. 19,530,513 allocation units available on disk. Determining disk space required for file system conversion... Total disk space: 625129272 KB Free space on volume: 624976416 KB Space required for conversion: 843485 KB Converting file system |
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Convert WD 640GB Elements FAT32 to NTFS
I think I recall that converting an empty drive or partition took very
little time... -tom On Fri, 27 Mar 2009 17:00:12 -0700, wrote: It's a new drive with nothing on it. I started converting it from an Amin command prompt about 5 hours ago. The LED on the drive is flashing and the Task Manager shows it's running but other than that I have no indication that it is in fact actually running. Below is what the command prompt window displays. It has not changed at all in the 5 hours. Has anyone else experienced this? How long does this process usually take? -- Using Opera's revolutionary e-mail client: http://www.opera.com/mail/ |
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Convert WD 640GB Elements FAT32 to NTFS
2 minutes for 500 GIG drive here
-- Peter Please Reply to Newsgroup for the benefit of others Requests for assistance by email can not and will not be acknowledged. "Tom" wrote in message newsp.urg8afuxts5gvq@daddy3... I think I recall that converting an empty drive or partition took very little time... -tom On Fri, 27 Mar 2009 17:00:12 -0700, wrote: It's a new drive with nothing on it. I started converting it from an Amin command prompt about 5 hours ago. The LED on the drive is flashing and the Task Manager shows it's running but other than that I have no indication that it is in fact actually running. Below is what the command prompt window displays. It has not changed at all in the 5 hours. Has anyone else experienced this? How long does this process usually take? -- Using Opera's revolutionary e-mail client: http://www.opera.com/mail/ |
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Convert WD 640GB Elements FAT32 to NTFS
"Bob" nowhere@nowhere/net wrote in message ... It's a new drive with nothing on it. I started converting it from an Amin command prompt about 5 hours ago. The LED on the drive is flashing and the Task Manager shows it's running but other than that I have no indication that it is in fact actually running. Below is what the command prompt window displays. It has not changed at all in the 5 hours. Has anyone else experienced this? How long does this process usually take? Windows is verifying files and folders... File and folder verification is complete. Windows has checked the file system and found no problems. 624,976,672 KB total disk space. 160 KB in 5 hidden files. 32 KB in 1 folders. 32 KB in 1 files. 624,976,416 KB are available. 32,768 bytes in each allocation unit. 19,530,521 total allocation units on disk. 19,530,513 allocation units available on disk. Determining disk space required for file system conversion... Total disk space: 625129272 KB Free space on volume: 624976416 KB Space required for conversion: 843485 KB Converting file system Why convert an empty drive. Simply reformat with NTFS. Much better than attempting the convert as there may be issues with sector boundaries. See http://www.aumha.org/win5/a/ntfscvt.php |
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Convert WD 640GB Elements FAT32 to NTFS
Thanks LVTravel!
That is exactly what I eventually did and it worked like a charm. LVTravel wrote: "Bob" nowhere@nowhere/net wrote in message ... It's a new drive with nothing on it. I started converting it from an Amin command prompt about 5 hours ago. The LED on the drive is flashing and the Task Manager shows it's running but other than that I have no indication that it is in fact actually running. Below is what the command prompt window displays. It has not changed at all in the 5 hours. Has anyone else experienced this? How long does this process usually take? Windows is verifying files and folders... File and folder verification is complete. Windows has checked the file system and found no problems. 624,976,672 KB total disk space. 160 KB in 5 hidden files. 32 KB in 1 folders. 32 KB in 1 files. 624,976,416 KB are available. 32,768 bytes in each allocation unit. 19,530,521 total allocation units on disk. 19,530,513 allocation units available on disk. Determining disk space required for file system conversion... Total disk space: 625129272 KB Free space on volume: 624976416 KB Space required for conversion: 843485 KB Converting file system Why convert an empty drive. Simply reformat with NTFS. Much better than attempting the convert as there may be issues with sector boundaries. See http://www.aumha.org/win5/a/ntfscvt.php |