Changing the file system is necessary when using the obsolete FAT32 system, which is preserved in the Windows 98 and ME operating systems. The NTFS (New Technology File System) file system has a number of advantages available with significant amounts of RAM, the main of which are fault tolerance and performance improvement.
Instructions
Step 1
Click the "Start" button to bring up the main menu of the system and go to "My Computer" to determine the file system used by the computer.
Step 2
Start Windows Explorer and open the context menu of the hard disk to be detected by right-clicking.
Step 3
Select the "Properties" item and go to the "General" tab of the "Properties: Local Disk" dialog box that opens.
Step 4
Study the information contained therein to make an informed decision about changing the file system of your computer.
Step 5
Return to the main menu "Start" and go to the "Run" item to perform the operation of changing the file system of the computer.
Step 6
Enter the value сmd in the "Open" field to launch the command line tool and initiate the work of the convert.exe utility by entering the command CONVERT drive_name: / FS: NTFS / NoSecurity / X, where NoSecurity is the availability of folders and files for modification by all users, and / X is forced removal of the selected disk.
Step 7
Press the Enter function key to confirm the application of the selected changes and wait until the process of converting the desired volume to the NTFS file system is completed.
Step 8
Expand the link "My Computer" on the desktop and point to "Windows Explorer".
Step 9
Select the changed volume and open its context menu by clicking the right mouse button.
Step 10
Specify the "Properties" item and go to the "Service" tab of the dialog box that opens.
Step 11
Click the Check Now button and apply the Automatically fix system errors and Check and repair bad sectors check boxes in the new Check Disk: Local Disk dialog box.
Step 12
Click the Start button and wait for the operation to complete.
Step 13
Click the Run defragmentation button and confirm the execution of the command by clicking the Defragmentation button in the dialog box that opens to complete the process of changing the file system of the selected disk.
