FAT32 conversion in Windows 98

Document ID: 94000584

Posted Date: 1996-08-19

Last Updated: 1996-08-19

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Information: ·Note: After you convert your hard disk to FAT32, you are unable to convert it back to the original FAT system!

Before you convert to the FAT32 file system, uninstall any utilities or tools that protect or encrypt the Master Boot Record (MBR) or partition table (for example, uninstall Bootlock included with Symantec Norton Your Eyes Only).

A drive must be at least 512 megabytes (MB) in size to be converted to the FAT32 file system.

To convert a drive to the FAT32 file system, use the following steps.

1. Click Start, point to Programs, point to Accessories, point to System Tools, click Drive Converter
(FAT32), and then click Next.

2. In the Drives box, click the drive you want to convert to the FAT32 file system.

3. Click Next, and then click OK.

4. Click Next, click Next, and then click Next.

5. When the conversion is complete, click Finish.
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