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Joe Dykta

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May 16, 2002, 9:24:30 AM5/16/02
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I purchased a Sony laptop for my college son. The hard drive is partitioned
into drive C (FAT32) and drive D (NTFS). anyone know why two drives and 2
different file systems? Can I make the drive all NTFS without affecting the
programs and data?

Thanks,

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May 16, 2002, 10:16:53 AM5/16/02
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Don't know why the two drives but you can convert the FAT32 drive to NTFS,
except it depends which operating system you want to use, 2K and XP will be
fine but Win98 won't be able to read it, so think about it before
converting,

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Jeff W.

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May 16, 2002, 1:59:32 PM5/16/02
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Also, it has been noted here and elsewhere, you don't want to convert NTFS
to FAT32 with information on the NTFS drive. The data may well become
corrupted.

Jeff W.

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Joe Dykta

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May 16, 2002, 2:55:31 PM5/16/02
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I wish to convert the complete drive to NTFS, not FAT 32. Can this be done?

Joe

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Debra Earle

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May 16, 2002, 4:35:01 PM5/16/02
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Yes, but if you mean to combine the two partitions, even if you use a
3rd-party product to allow this, everything that's already installed
will no longer run.

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Ron Sommer

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May 16, 2002, 6:10:59 PM5/16/02
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Check with Sony. A laptop may need Fat 32.
I would still have two partitions.
I have a Sony desktop that came with 2 NTFS partitions.
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Paul Johnson

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May 16, 2002, 7:02:16 PM5/16/02
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My Sony VAIO came with 2 NTFS partitions, so the laptops (at least the
GRX series) do not need to be FAT32.

Paul

Lydia Maher

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May 17, 2002, 3:34:44 AM5/17/02
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Mine came with two FAT32 partitions. I converted both to NTFS without any
problems i.e. there was no data loss/corruption. I would recommend keeping
the two partitions though.

Lydia

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RR News

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May 18, 2002, 6:56:05 PM5/18/02
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I wrestled my way through this process a few days ago. After talking with
two people in Sony tech support and two computer geek friends, I learned
that Sony partitions the HDD on its machines because many (if not most)
people who buy these machines use them for their multimedia capabilities
and, in the process, overload the C drive ... causing the machine to refuse
to boot. Because the OS/SW build they install defaults media files (esp
video) to the D drive, users don't kill the machine by junking up the C
drive. It's just Sony's solution to user proficiency deficiency with no
consideration that competent users might want other configurations.

As for solutions, I'm not sure why you would want to convert the C drive to
NTFS but I can understand wanting to have a single drive. I'm told that
converting the C to NTFS isn't a good idea unless the user is experienced in
its characteristics and Sony does not support the conversion. As for
deleting the partition for one large drive, you have two choices, use
Partition Magic and take your chances (and realize Sony does not support you
once this is done) or format the C drive, buy your own copy of WinXP and
reinstall the OS (and realize Sony does not support you once this is done
and you won't have any Sony installed apps). The reason you need a fresh
copy of WinXP is because the restore disks supplied by Sony basically just
blow an image of their build on your hard drive, complete with their
partition, so it cannot be used to rebuild w/ a different disk or WinXP
configuration.

That said, I redirected "My Documents" to the D drive (by right clicking on
"My Documents," selecting "properties" and then "move") and will just live
with it rather than wring my hands over Sony's packaging and configuration
issues. Other than that one issue, I'm very happy with my GR300P.


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