From: Peter Sawatzki 

In article ,
clydethecat{at}swbell.net says...
> On Sun, 26 Sep 2004 12:46:03 +0200, Peter Sawatzki 
> wrote in message :
>
> | on a command line:
> |
> |   convert c: /FS:NTFS
>
> "The type of the file system is FAT32.
> Convert cannot run because the volume is in use by another
> process.  Convert may run if this volume is dismounted first.
> ALL OPENED HANDLES TO THIS VOLUME WOULD THEN BE INVALID.
> Would you like to force a dismount on this volume?  (Y/N)"
>
> This looks scary.  Is it gonna mess with the data on that volume, or
> does it just mean that the system has to turn off Windows and that I
> won't have access while the conversion is in progress (which is to be
> expected...)???

I'd say go for it but close all files on that volume first if you can. For
the Boot/System drive it will normally be scheduled on reboot and you have
to reboot to complete the conversion (convert runs at the character mode
screen and reboots again after completion, on the 2nd boot it displays a
character mode warning: "FS is already NTFS" or something similar
and continues the boot process. I never had problems with convert yet.

Peter

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