>>>>>>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
>>>>>
>>>>>Just go to command prompt and use CONVERT command....
>>>>>
>>>>>CONVERT driveletter: /FS:NTFS
>>>>>
>>>>>Does not wipe data :)
>>>>
>>>>I am concerned about the smiley you put at the end of the message.
>>>
>>>The command does not wipe data.
>>
>>If you look at this article (see link below) it says that exFAT cannot be converted to NTFS:
>>
>>https://www.diskpart.com/articles/how-to-convert-exfat-to-ntfs-using-cmd-3889.html
>
>arrgg! I didn't realize command worked only on FAT32 - been a long time since I did it. Perhaps you could create partitions on drive.... partition the empty space as NTFS, copy files to it, & repeat until the while drive is NTFS partitions, then join the partitions back together as one partition.

Thank you for your input.