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converting fat32-partitons(w2k) to ntfs

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i made new partitions c,d and on my new 40gb-hdd with ontrack diskmanager,see my other question about partitioning. at setup i did not understand the difference between the 2 options making ntfs. maybe here was the mistake i made: only first partition is ntfs. i have made 4 installation/setup-disks hoping i can use them for my further actions. i have only win2k on first partition. how can i convert d and e from fat 32 to ntfs? i wanted to use partition magic7(i have bootdisk of pm6) but i have some problems creating a bootdisk. i have one dos-folder with the all files. i do not know how to create the 2 disks with the condition i described. i can check which files are on the pm6-disc-version but booffiles were created with pmagic.
how cani get acces to dos-mode in win2k. i can start the pm7-disk(with the filed in the dos-folder) but its not bootable)in dos mode of winme-pc but i do not know how to get acces to dos-mode on w2k-pc.

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by cg it

at the command prompt type convert /FS:NTFS and press enter. Note, W2K may say that a reboot is required to complete the conversion process. Just reboot your computer.

by cg it

to access a command prompt within W2K , click start, run, type cmd and press enter OR start, programs, accessories, command prompt

by europanorama

I WILL ACCEPT YOUR ANSWER ALTHOUGH IT IS NOT 100% TRUE, BECAUSE YOU HELPED ME SAVE A LOT OF TIME. TOMMORROW I WILL BUY A W2K-BOOK OR STUDY THE HELPFILES.
I TRIED IT OUT BUT DID NOT WORK. YOU FORGOT ":"
convert c: /fs:ntfs

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