>>>I need some help on finding the most efficient/safest way to change
>>>the file system type from FAT to NTFS on some of our production
>>>servers system drives...
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>>Lincoln,
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>>You really haven't made a mistake, since you can easily convert FAT to NTFS, but not the reverse. As such, common wisdom seems to be that if you are not sure, pick FAT first...
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>>You can convert FAT to NTFS using the CONVERT command line. (There is no GUI for this.) Here's an example:
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>> CONVERT f: /FS:NTFS
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>>If you are converting from a partition with no files open, you may not even have to reboot afterward. If it isn't possible, you'll be prompted to reboot first, and the conversion is done during the boot process before other services are running that keep files open.
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>>Of course, you should backup any drive before attempting this, just in case.
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>>-- Randy
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>
>Thanks for your help Randy.....We built another Alpha server with the system drive
>left as a FAT partition....
>
>We went ahead and built it to a production stage and then performed the "convert
>procedure....As you stated, with some files open the process finishes during the
>next reboot....
>
>Thanks again
>
>Lincoln

Another thing you should do is defrag the drive after you convert it. FAT is notorious for wasting disk space and you won't really reclaim it unless you defrag all the files.