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In
computing,
convert is a
command-line utility included in the
Windows NT operating system line. It is used to convert volumes using the
FAT file system
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s to
NTFS.
Overview
convert is an external command first introduced with
Windows 2000. If the drive cannot be locked (for example, the drive is the
system volume or the
current drive) the command gives the option to convert the drive the next time the computer is restarted.
On
Unix-like systems, there are similar tools like
convertfs, a utility which performs in-place conversion between any two file systems with
sparse file support and
btrfs-convert, a tool that can convert from
ext2/
ext3/
ext4 or
reiserFS file system to
Btrfs in-place.
Syntax
The command-
syntax
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is:
convert volume /FS:NTFS
V
Example
The following command converts the volume on drive D: to NTFS. The
/v command-line option
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will cause it to display all messages during the conversion process.
C:\>convert d: /fs:ntfs /v
References
Further reading
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External links
Microsoft TechNet Convert article
Hard disk software
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