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Bug 683117 - Convert between FAT and NTFS filesystems without losing data
Convert between FAT and NTFS filesystems without losing data
Status: RESOLVED INCOMPLETE
Product: gparted
Classification: Other
Component: application
unspecified
Other All
: Normal enhancement
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Assigned To: gparted maintainers alias
gparted maintainers alias
Depends on:
Blocks:
 
 
Reported: 2012-08-31 15:20 UTC by Vincent James
Modified: 2012-10-20 15:54 UTC
See Also:
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Description Vincent James 2012-08-31 15:20:51 UTC 
I would like the feature to convert between most *FAT* filesystems and NTFS without losing data. In some way it is possible, without having to copy the files to other drive, format and copy back.

http://www.techsupportforum.com/forums/f16/solved-converting-fat32-drive-to-ntfs-no-data-lose-235336.html
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/307881
Comment 1 Curtis Gedak 2012-08-31 16:11:53 UTC 
Thank you Vincent for your interest in GParted.

Do you know of any free software tools that run under Linux for converting between FAT and NTFS file systems without losing data?

Unfortunately the two links you provided use proprietary software from Microsoft.  As such it only runs on Windows, Microsoft holds the distribution license, and hence we cannot use it.

Without a Linux based free software tool for converting between FAT and NTFS, we are unable to implement this enhancement request.

This request is similar to another one for converting between several other file systems (specifically ext2, ext3, ext4, jfs, reiserfs, xfs).
See:
Bug #671784 - enhancement: convert partitions from one file system to another
Comment 2 Curtis Gedak 2012-10-20 15:54:43 UTC 
Closing this bug report as no response has been received.

If you can provide answers to the question in comment #1, the please do and feel free to re-open this bug report.