Article ID: 197627
Article Last Modified on 2/22/2007
APPLIES TO
- Microsoft Windows 2000 Server
- Microsoft Windows 2000 Advanced Server
- Microsoft Windows 2000 Professional Edition
This article was previously published under Q197627
SYMPTOMS
If you attempt to convert a File Allocation Table (FAT or FAT16) partition
to the FAT32 file system using the "
drive:\convert
drive: /fs:fat32"
command-line switch, where
drive is the drive from which you are running the convert utility and the drive you are trying to convert to FAT32, you may receive the following error message:
The type of the file system is FAT.
Convert cannot gain exclusive access to the drive drive, so it cannot convert it now. Would you like to schedule it to be converted the next time the system restarts. (Y/N)
When you restart your computer, the conversion process seems to start, and then the following error message is displayed:
FAT32 is not supported
If you attempt use the "
drive1:\convert
drive2: /fs:fat32" command-
line switch, where
drive1 is the drive from which you are running the convert utility and
drive2 is the drive you are trying to convert to FAT32, the following error message is displayed:
FAT32 is not a valid file system
CAUSE
This behavior occurs because Windows 2000 does not have a process for converting a partition from FAT16 to FAT32. The only conversion process that Windows 2000 supports is converting from FAT16 or FAT32 to the Windows NT file system (NTFS).
STATUS
This behavior is by design.
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