How to change/format from FAT system to NTFS stystem without Formatting

You would be very need of this if you have planned very recently to install IIS (Internet Information Service) and you had configuration troubles.

IIS configuration will ask for NTFS for its security functioning. So, you would need to change your FAT to NTFS. But how to do it without formatting your disk; without deleting any data in your disk; may be your question?

I will tell you how to do that? By this I assure you no data will be deleted and you can change your format to NTFS to FAT and vice versa. Follow the easy steps:

1. Right click the drive you need to format. (e.g.: c drive)

2. Choose open command prompt. (Or else go to start – run—type “cmd” to open command prompt)

3. Type “convert c: /FS: NTFS” exactly as given in the bold letters. Then hit ENTER key.

4. It will ask whether to convert after system. Enter: Y (means Yes).

5. Now click Start – Restart and restart your system.

6. When the system restarts you will find that the drive is converted from FAT to NTFS.

Now can also convert from NTFS to FAT just by slight change in 3^rd step:

Type “convert c: /NTFS: FS” and hit enter.

That’s it.