Usb External Hard Drive

al92lt1 · #1 01-15-2005, 10:32 AM

I have an external usb hard drive attached to my XP computer. It is formatted with the NTFS file system. If I move the drive to another computer with the FAT32 file system, will the data be accessible?

Thanks

Overclocked Doc · #2 01-15-2005, 10:48 AM

"No"......................Nfts can view Fat32 but not vise versa.

WoundedVeins · #3 01-15-2005, 07:47 PM

You tried converting the FAT32 file system over to NTFS?

*This is only a suggestion, not saying this will work. Do so at your own risk, but has worked for me in the past.*

Start >> Run

Type in cmd and click OK to proceed.

When the new window opens up type :

convert drive_letter: /fs:ntfs

In place of the drive letter put what drive letter it is in My Computer like C, so this is an example.

convert c: /fs:ntfs