How to convert FAT to NTFS

I have a second hard disk running on my Windows XP box and its running on FAT. Why would u want to convert FAT to NTFS? There are few reasons why you want to convert FAT to NTFS:


You can encrypt and decrypt file on NTFS
Better hard disk usage efficiency
NTFS provides quota
File by file compression
Of course there tons of other reasons u may want to use NTFS. You may get full comparisons here.

Actually you don’t need any third party software to convert FAT to NTFS. Microsoft provides a ready tool called convert.exe. Remember, converting FAT to NTFS is a one way road and there is no turning back.

Here’s step by step instruction to convert FAT to NTFS


Click Start >Run
type cmd and click run
the full command is CONVERT volume /FS:NTFS [/V] [/CvtArea:filename] [/NoSecurity] [/X]
As an example let say if I want to convert my D: drive from FAT to NTFS I just have to type CONVERT D: /fs:ntfs