>>>Hi,
>>>
>>>I have an external drive which, I just noticed, has the format type exFAT. The drive has a lot of important data (backup and other, about 1 GB). The drive is 2GB drive.
>>>Google search says that in order NOT to lose any data, when converting, I have to make a backup. But the drive is already backup.
>>>Then an article (on diskpart.com) says to run the following command at Command Prompt:
>>>

>>>format P: /FS: NTFS (where P: is the drive letter)
>>>

>>>What is suspect - to me - is the Format command. This, I though, usually destroy all data on the drive.
>>>Is there a better way to convert the exFAT drive to the NTFS (without losing data)?
>>>
>>>TIA
>>
>>If it's only 1GB, I would copy it all to a local folder. Or even better, throw it into the garbage bin. After all, what's 2GB capacity today? You can buy a much bigger one at the price of a pint of beer.
>
>I mistyped. I meant 2 TB drive with 1 TB already used.

That's what I suspected. :-)

Then the question is: Why do you want to change the format type? Windows supports exFat also, AFAIK. Or have you had any problems with it?