[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":110},["ShallowReactive",2],{"/2025/11/04-convert-fat32-to-ntfs-with-no-data-loss-in-windows":3},{"id":4,"title":5,"body":6,"date":101,"description":98,"extension":102,"meta":103,"navigation":104,"path":105,"robots":106,"seo":107,"stem":108,"__hash__":109},"posts/2025/11/04 convert-FAT32-to-NTFS-with-no-data-loss-in-Windows.md","04 Convert FAT32 To NTFS With No Data Loss In Windows",{"type":7,"value":8,"toc":97},"minimark",[9,18,25,28,31,33,36,38,53,55,58,60,92,94],[10,11,13],"post-title",{":date":12},"date",[14,15,17],"h1",{"id":16},"convert-fat32-to-ntfs-with-no-data-loss-in-windows","Convert FAT32 to NTFS with No Data Loss in Windows",[19,20,21],"notes",{},[22,23,24],"p",{},"This is a repost from my old blog. First posted in 11/14/2019.",[26,27],"br",{},[22,29,30],{},"Filesystem is as usual a pretty complicated thing. And I happened to have a new external hard drive that for somewhat reason was formatted as FAT32. Of course, I didn't notice until I put a bunch of data in it.",[26,32],{},[22,34,35],{},"The time has come when I need to store file larger than the 4GB limit of FAT32.",[26,37],{},[22,39,40,41,52],{},"So browsing around the internet, I found out that I can convert to NTFS without data loss and third party software from ",[42,43,46],"span",{"className":44},[45],"text-blue-600",[47,48,49],"a",{"href":49,"rel":50},"https://www.tenforums.com/tutorials/85893-convert-fat32-ntfs-without-data-loss-windows.html",[51],"nofollow",".",[26,54],{},[22,56,57],{},"The steps that I took are:",[26,59],{},[61,62,63,67,70,73,89],"ol",{},[64,65,66],"li",{},"Make sure data are backed up somewhere else.",[64,68,69],{},"Close all software/application that has the drive opened. I closed the File Explore too.",[64,71,72],{},"Run command prompt as administrator.",[64,74,75,76,84,85],{},"Run the following command in command prompt: ",[77,78,83],"code",{"className":79},[80,81,82],"bg-gray-200","p-2","rounded","convert \u003Cdrive> /fs:ntfs",". For example: ",[77,86,88],{"className":87},[80,81,82],"convert D: /fs:ntfs",[64,90,91],{},"Restart the computer.",[26,93],{},[22,95,96],{},"That's it!",{"title":98,"searchDepth":99,"depth":99,"links":100},"",2,[],"2025-11-04T00:00:00.000Z","md",{},true,"/2025/11/04-convert-fat32-to-ntfs-with-no-data-loss-in-windows",null,{"title":5,"description":98},"2025/11/04 convert-FAT32-to-NTFS-with-no-data-loss-in-Windows","4Y6C7YYCgLq-eJbsnKSrmzeuKrejNIfafMNJpyum48g",1785167452638]