Window 2000 file system

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Nick Fooskas
Aug 12, 2003
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I would like to know if converting the file system from Fat 32 to NTFS cause any problem with any data file or programs of adobe photoshop, aftereffects? I have a Windows 2000 box when it was made they used Fat32 not NTFS and I would like to convert if there is no problem with any of the data or program files that Adobe uses. Thanks for repling.
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dave milbut
Aug 12, 2003
I can’t answer for the conversion process, becase I’ve never done that, but I can say that photoshop and IR work fine on NTFS (under windows NT4sp6a/2000sp3 and XP Pro Sp1)
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dave milbut
Aug 12, 2003
duplicate post.
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dave milbut
Aug 12, 2003
ntfs is SUPPOSED to be faster. i haven’t confirmed that personally though.
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Nick Fooskas
Aug 12, 2003
Well I need to convert to NTFS on the PC in question for better security purposes between two power users. So this is no problem in doing the conversion of the Drive from Fat 32 to NTFS as far as adobe programs operating and reading files made before?
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dave milbut
Aug 12, 2003
per your other post, yes i’ve been running ntfs under win2k, win nt and win xp pro and ps and IR run fine on all systems
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Phosphor
Aug 12, 2003
It shouldn’t be a problem, but whenever making significant changes like this, be sure to first back up irreplaceable files to CD or another physical drive.
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LenHewitt
Aug 13, 2003
Nick,

Although on first installing WIn2k, it is possible to convert a drive from FAT32 to NTFS without data loss, that is not an option from within Win2k.

Therefore you will need to back-up the contents of any drive you intend to convert and restore after conversion.
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LenHewitt
Aug 13, 2003
Jay,

Please turn off the Autoquote feature in your NewsReader when accessing these (primarily ) web-based forums
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dave milbut
Aug 13, 2003
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dennis johnson
Aug 13, 2003
You should use a utility such as Partition Magic to convert your drive file system. Doing it using the Windows utility is a one-time deal – it cannot be undone – while you can switch as many times as you wish using PM.

On my Photoshop machine, the partition that I use for the PS scratch disk is FAT32, while the other partitions/drives are NTFS.
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Jay Jhabrix
Aug 14, 2003
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