I installed Windows 7, and the other partitions in my hard disk are FAT32 file system, I want to convert these partitions from FAT32 to NTFS, how can I convert FAT32 or FAT partitions to NTFS without lost data in Windows 7?
Solution
- Type in "cmd" in start menu search area, right click "cmd" and select "Run as administrator":
- For example, the second partition in the computer use FAT32 file system.

So, type in: in the "cmd" window:
- Type in the volume label of the partition: here is "TEMP", so type in "TEMP" and press <Enter> key. If your partition do not have a label, you can directly press <Enter> key:
- After a few minutes, the converting progress will be finished:
- Type in "Exit" to exit "cmd" and finish converting FAT or FAT32 file system to NTFS file system in Windows 7.
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