Windows 10: How do I convert an external hard drive from FAT32 to NTFS?

I need help on how to convert an external hard drive from FAT32 to NTFS. Procedure would work. TIA

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Converting external drive from fat32 to ntfs

Im attempting to convert my external hd using cmd in windows 7,

ive ran convert h: /fs:ntfs - it does its checks and says the drive is dirty, it then suggests running autochk or chkdsk /f,

i ran chkdsk /f, it finds no problems etc, so i re-run the convert command and it still says the drive is dirty, ive attempted to run autochk but it won't run in win32 mode.

how can i get it to convert to ntfs?

ps; its a 320gb freecom drive with 25gb free, i know some drives can be a bit funny about space before attempting something like this, im sure 25gb is more than enough to attempt this conversion.

help please. *Smile

 

In W10, how can a FAT32 disc be converted to NTFS?

I have an external IDE hard drive formatted with FAT32 with data that I want to keep. How can I convert that to a NTFS drive without losing data? My computer is using W10 and the files can be read properly but want to change the FAT32 drive to a NTFS
formatted drive.

 

Converting external drive from fat32 to ntfs

I'd just pull the external drive apart and toss the drive in the computer. *Stick Out Tongue

I've converted a couple drives in my time, data came out fine in both occasions. I do believe there is a certain amount of free space required to do the operation though.

I don't have a FAT disk in this laptop, so I can't say for sure, but doesn't the Disk Management give the option to convert to NTFS? You get to that when you right click on Computer and select "Manage", then on theft under Storage is where Disk Management is.