Drive Converter
Desert Buckeye
is FAT16. I need to use this HD in this new pc because there are 2 programs
on there I need to keep, and the original software is irreversibly damaged,
and I cannot afford to buy new cd's at the moment. So, I cannot reinstall
the software on a newly formatted HD. The problem is that this new
motherboard will only recognize drives in FAT32.
Using my existing pc, I used Drive Converter(FAT32). No programs were
running in the background. My Norton Utilities was turned off. There are no
bad clusters. ScanDisk went OK. Converting Fat to Fat - OK. Make space for
32-bit FAT - it seems to hang up on that process, though it's hard to say.
The screen says it's going to restart in Windows98, blanks out, then
restarts Windows98. At that point the Drive Converter Window pops up again
with a message that reads:
There is not enough memory to convert the drive.
Edit your Config.sys to remark [REM] some device drivers.
Edit your Autoexec.bat file to REM some memory-resident programs.
I have REM'd everything on everything, but I still get this message. Any
ideas out there on how I can proceed. Thanks - Tim R.
Tim Slattery
>I am building a new pc using a K7VZA MBRD /Duron 850. My existing harddrive
>is FAT16. I need to use this HD in this new pc because there are 2 programs
>on there I need to keep, and the original software is irreversibly damaged,
>and I cannot afford to buy new cd's at the moment. So, I cannot reinstall
>the software on a newly formatted HD. The problem is that this new
>motherboard will only recognize drives in FAT32.
I don't think so. The MB doesn't look at the file system at all. Any
Windows system should be able to read a FAT16 partition. You shouldn't
need to convert at all.
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Tim Slattery
MS MVP(DTS)
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Desert Buckeye
said this. Either way, I would still like to convert to FAT32 without
reformatting the drive, but continue to get backed into a corner with the
same problems time after time. Based on what I wrote earlier, are there any
ideas out there for being able to convert to Fat32? - Tim R.
"Tim Slattery" <Slatt...@bls.gov> wrote in message
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Tim Slattery
>Perhaps you are correct. I am trying to find the documentation I thought had
>said this. Either way, I would still like to convert to FAT32 without
>reformatting the drive, but continue to get backed into a corner with the
>same problems time after time. Based on what I wrote earlier, are there any
>ideas out there for being able to convert to Fat32? - Tim R.
You've already tried the free solution, and its not working for you.
Partition Magic (http://www.powerquest.com) gets high marks from
people who have used it. It will convert partitions from one file
system to another, resize and move partitions, all without losing
data. But it's not free.
Dennis Schmitz
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they have a FAT 32 converter called BootIt NG that i used a while back. It
worked great and I didn't lose any data. Chack it out, maybe it will help
you.
By the way, it's free for a thirty day trial but still does the conversion.
Good luck,
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Dennis
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Bert Kinney
Restart the computer. Hold down the CTRL key while the
system is booting. This will take you to the Boot Menu then
select Command Prompt Only.
At a command prompt, type "cvt <drive>: /cvt32" (without the quotation
marks) and then press ENTER, where <drive> is the drive you want to
convert to the FAT32 file system.
Note:
A drive must be at least 512 megabytes (MB) in size to be converted
to the FAT32 file system.
Err Msg: Not Enough Memory to Convert to FAT32. To Free Up... :
http://support.microsoft.com/support/kb/articles/Q188/5/61.asp
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Regards,
Bert Kinney [MS-MVP DTS]
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