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Originally Posted by George
Then why is this in the Windows Manual?
"Once you convert a drive or partition to NTFS, you cannot simply convert it back to FAT or FAT32. You will need to reformat the drive or partition which will erase all data including programs and personal files on the partition."
I started to convert to NTFS a year or so ago, but stopped short when I saw it was irrevocable.
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After doing some research online it appears you are correct, a fat32 drive can be simply converted without loss of data, although most info I found suggested moving it or backing it up just to be safe. Going the other direction seems to be trickier.
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Originally Posted by Dale
If you convert to NTFS then yes George it is irreversible, but who would want to go back to it anyway?
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I have an ME machine that I still use regularly which will not recognize NTFS. When I have a file or collection of files I need to move either to or from that machine, that are to big for the memory stick, I have to use an external HD to do so. For that reason I generally setup those drives as fat32. Some of the online research I did claims that Mac's can read but not write to NTFS, so that might be another situation that would warrant keeping an external drive as fat32.
Sam