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Ian wrote:
> I've now set up XP Pro on a new 20G x7200 hard drive. My motherboard
> is USB 2.0 compliant.
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> I plan to keep using my previous system drive, a 40G x7200 Maxtor, in
> a USB enclosure. The OS on this drive was W98SE.
>
> Here's my query: Is it possible or even desirable to convert the old
> drive (in it's USB enclosure) to NTFS?
>
> There's some 30Gb of data on the drive, in the form of MP3's, jpg's
> and files etc, but I plan to delete the Windows folder along with any
> associated files.
>
> Ian Porter
> Computer Guys Inc.
> Arrowtown
> New Zealand
> [log in to unmask]
Hello Ian,
A program called Partition Magic 8 can do an NTFS conversion from within
Widows.
The program may be able to do the conversion without data loss(check on
that).
http://www.powerquest.com/partitionmagic/
I would do a drive backup prior to the conversion just in case.
Have a good day,
Jim Dodd
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