WINPE x CONVERT.EXE

#1 ovilla2001

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Posted 27 March 2006 - 09:33 AM

Hi,

Has anyone used CONVERT.EXE under WINPE?
I am trying to use this utility to convert a partition from FAT32 to NTFS but I got the following error:

"CONVERT is not available for FAT32 drivers"

BTW, I am using a WINPE 2005 (generated using the Windows 2003 SP1)

Any suggestion will be very very very welcone.

Regards,
O. Villa

#2 jungle_warrior

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Posted 28 March 2006 - 01:10 AM

I have tried "format d: /FS:FAT32" and received a similiar message:

FORMAT is not available for FAT32.....

#3 ovilla2001

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Posted 28 March 2006 - 02:53 AM

For me, FORMAT is working 100% fine.

First I use the DISKPART to clean the HD, create the partitions that I need (the size of FAT32 partition is < 32GB) and assign letters.

So I call the FORMAT C: /FS:FAT32 /Q /V:TEST /X

But.... when I call CONVERT, I receive the message that I posted before......

Very weird.

#4 ChrisBaksa

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Posted 28 March 2006 - 07:32 AM

Why are you converting?
Why not simply format NTFS to begin with?

Or... leave it at FAT32 and let windows setup convert it for you.

Add this to your Unattend.txt

[Unattended]
FileSystem=ConvertNTFS

#5 Jazkal

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Posted 28 March 2006 - 02:38 PM

the command line I use:

format c: /fs:ntfs /V:MAIN /y

or you can add /q for a quick format

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