FAT to NTFS - insufficient memory
I'm running Win2k from a 30,7gb HD. I've succesfully converted it to NTFS once before, but for some stupid reason I converted it back to FAT32 with PM6 a little while ago. Now I want to convert it NTFS again, using convert d: /fs:ntfs /v from the cmd, and rebooting.
I'm running Win2k from a 30,7gb HD. I've succesfully converted it to NTFS once before, but for some stupid reason I converted it back to FAT32 with PM6 a little while ago.
Now I want to convert it NTFS again, using "convert d: /fs:ntfs /v" from the cmd, and rebooting. But when I reboot it says Insufficient memory (three times), and continues to load windows. I have 192mb ram, and 7,5gb of free space on the hd, and I have the exact same system as first time I converted it to NTFS.
Is there anyway I can fix this?
Now I want to convert it NTFS again, using "convert d: /fs:ntfs /v" from the cmd, and rebooting. But when I reboot it says Insufficient memory (three times), and continues to load windows. I have 192mb ram, and 7,5gb of free space on the hd, and I have the exact same system as first time I converted it to NTFS.
Is there anyway I can fix this?
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Quote:Originally posted by ThC 129:
just read now that its a bug with win2k that you can't change a drive to ntfs from fat32 if its bigger than 20 gigs. Fixed in SP2 though
It worked fine on my 30-gig.
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"Being married to a programmer is like owning a cat. You talk to it but you're never really sure it hears you, much less comprehends what you say." -DeadCats, 1999
just read now that its a bug with win2k that you can't change a drive to ntfs from fat32 if its bigger than 20 gigs. Fixed in SP2 though
It worked fine on my 30-gig.
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"Being married to a programmer is like owning a cat. You talk to it but you're never really sure it hears you, much less comprehends what you say." -DeadCats, 1999
I ran into this with a four-year-old Dell Inspiron that I was trying to upgrade. It was a royal nuisance because, until I was able to fix it, every time I booted it, it went into convert and crashed. SP2 may have fixed this for some people, but SP4 -- which supposedly incorporates SP2 -- didn't work for me.
what I ended up doing was using Partition Magic 8 (apparently 7 would also have worked) to split the 40G drive into two 20G drives, telling NT to convert the filesystem on the primary partition, then going back into PM and telling it to attach the remaining unallocated space. Bingo, 40G NTFS partition, but neither quick, cheap -- PM was $70 as a download -- nor intuitive. YMMV.
what I ended up doing was using Partition Magic 8 (apparently 7 would also have worked) to split the 40G drive into two 20G drives, telling NT to convert the filesystem on the primary partition, then going back into PM and telling it to attach the remaining unallocated space. Bingo, 40G NTFS partition, but neither quick, cheap -- PM was $70 as a download -- nor intuitive. YMMV.
