How to Convert Your FAT32 Partitions to NTFS

 If you're running XP on FAT32, you can't use EFS.

However, you can convert your FAT32 file system to NTFS easily.

Just open a command prompt and type the following command:

convert c: /FS:NTFS

and press [ENTER]. This can be used on any FAT16 or FAT32 drive; just substitute the appropriate drive letter. This will perform a non-destructive conversion from FAT32 to NTFS. The conversion from FAT32 to NTFS does not destroy data, but you should always back up your data before carrying out any major change to your computer, in case something goes wrong. Note that you might have to restart the computer to allow the conversion to take place. Also note that it's a one way operation; you can't convert back from NTFS to FAT using the convert command.