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   From: philo@invalid.not   
      
   On 04/20/2011 10:27 AM, Dave wrote:   
   > On Apr 20, 6:37 am, Rob  wrote:   
   >> On 19/04/2011 16:16, Dave wrote:   
   >>   
   >>   
   >>   
   >>> I have been trying, in vain, to convert FAT32 to NTFS on a 2 disk IDE   
   >>> RAID 1 (mirrored) array managed by a Promise FastTrak TX2000   
   >>> controller, under XP SP2.  The OS runs on this array.   
   >>   
   >>> The file system isn't dirty, there's plenty of free space, and the   
   >>> drive has been defragged.  I've gone as far as even pre-creating the   
   >>> MFT file using the fsutil command, then using the /cvtarea switch on   
   >>> convert.exe to give me 1 large contiguous MFT file.  I've also pre-   
   >>> aligned the current FAT32 16k clusters on 4k boundaries using BootIt   
   >>> NG.   
   >>   
   >>> After issuing the convert command and rebooting, chkdsk runs without   
   >>> errors, then the conversion starts.  About 30 minutes into the   
   >>> conversion, I get "Drive C: was not converted.", followed by "The   
   >>> conversion failed.", and that's it.   
   >>   
   >>> There is no other information displayed.  I'm at a loss as to what the   
   >>> problem could be, other than perhaps the RAID setup is interfering --   
   >>> but it shouldn't be.   
   >>   
   >>> I've tried Partition Magic 8.01 as well, which apparently does nothing   
   >>> more than issue the convert command (which fails as described above.)   
   >>   
   >>> Looking for any recommendations so I can close this issue and get the   
   >>> drive converted.   
   >>   
   >> Sounds like you're doing all of the right things.   
   >> It might be worth running chkdsk /f first, rather than letting that   
   >> be called via the convert command.   
   >> If still no-go and you can't find anything useful on the Fastrack   
   >> forums, one way would be to backup to another drive using a file-   
   >> based backup app., then use a boot CD to delete the FAT 32 partition   
   >> and create a new NTFS one. Restore your backup and bingo.  A lot of   
   >> extra work for something that should (and usually does) "just work"   
   >> though.   
   >> HTH   
   >> --   
   >> Rob   
   >   
   > I've issued the chkdsk /f command before the convert command on a few   
   > of the attempts, and have let it run twice on the reboot.   
   >   
   > I have been considering the option you suggest, but thought I'd see if   
   > anyone knew of -why- this might be failing, before I went that route.   
   > I agree, it's a lot of extra work for something that should just   
   > work.  I ran across an app called XXClone which is a file-based   
   > cloning app and if I go that route, I'll likely use it.   
   >   
   > Also, I've tried doing all of this under Bart PE, which failed   
   > miserably.  Convert died instantly with  "Convert cannot convert FAT32   
   > to NTFS.", or something similar (I forget the exact message, but   
   > that's the gist.)   
   >   
   > It's all very strange.   
      
      
      
   But I'd take Rob's advice as a backup is a good precaution anyway   
      
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