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- DOCUMENT:Q103940 19-OCT-1993 [W_NT]
- TITLE :Converting to the NTFS File System During Setup
- PRODUCT :Windows NT
- PROD/VER:3.10
- OPER/SYS:WINDOWS
- KEYWORDS:
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- The information in this article applies to:
-
- - Microsoft Windows NT operating system version 3.1
- - Microsoft Windows NT Advanced Server version 3.1
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-
- During the text-based portion of Windows NT Setup, you can choose to
- convert a hard disk drive partition from FAT to NTFS. This conversion
- does not take place until after Setup is complete and you restart the
- system. This is significant for the following reasons:
-
- - During the first restart occurring after the text portion of Setup,
- the disk-checking utility, CHKDSK, identifies the partition as FAT
- even when you choose to convert it to NTFS. This can be confusing.
-
- - If a system hang or other failure is encountered before completing
- Setup, the hard disk drive partition should still be accessible from
- MS-DOS because the conversion has not yet occurred.
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- MORE INFORMATION
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- Steps to Reproduce Behavior
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-
- 1. Start the Windows NT Setup program by starting from the Setup Disk
- for CD-ROM Installation or Disk 1 of the setup disks for floppy disk
- installation.
-
- 2. Ensure that the FAT volume you choose to install Windows NT to has
- at least 80 megabytes (MB) of free disk space.
-
- 3. Choose not to install into an existing Windows installation.
-
- 4. When you are given a choice, choose to convert the FAT volume to
- NTFS.
-
- When the system restarts to the graphical portion of setup, the volume
- will still be identified as FAT.
-
- The actual conversion to NTFS occurs after the final restart at the
- end of setup.
-
- Additional reference words: 3.10
- KBCategory:
- KBSubCategory: stp
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