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Changing from fat to fat32.

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by rdyoung54

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Where I work there's a Windows 95 machine that does not give one the option to change from FAT to FAT32. Is there a utility that would allow me to do so and keep the existing files intact.

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by thechas

You need to verify which version of Windows 95 you have.
Only version 2.5 "C" has FAT32 support.

If you convert the volume to FAT32, and your version does not support FAT32, you will not be able to use the drive.

Check out Microsoft KnowledgeBase article Q158238 for help identifying which version of Windows 95 you have.

If your version does support FAT32, then you need to verify that the motherboard supports drives larger than 2GB, or there is no reason to switch to FAT32 anyhow.

You may be able to run the conversion utility from a W98 CD.
Or, you can use a partition tool such as Partition Magic.

A link I found for downloading Windows 98 convertor was dead.

Chas

by fenaikh

Hi
You may could convert if you have 95 OEM Service Release 2 (OSR2).To have more info pls read MS article.

Description of the FAT32 File System (Q154997)
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;Q154997

To convert go to:
Pls read the warning before you do any thing specially backing up your data.
Convert from FAT12/FAT16 to FAT32
http://www.csonline.net/bpaddock/cvtfat32/cvtfat32.htm#0

Good luck

Mohamed

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by rdyoung54

I download the conversion utility and was able to convert from
FAT to FAT32. It was more handy than the Windows 98 utility
because I was able to convert the drives over withou having to
deinstall the Norton AV.

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