A technician needs to upgrade the file system on a Windows XP computer from FAT32 to NTFS without losing user data. Which course of action should be taken to upgrade the file system to NTFS?

A technician needs to upgrade the file system on a Windows XP computer from FAT32 to NTFS without losing user data. Which course of action should be taken to upgrade the file system to NTFS?






  • Use the Disk Management utility to convert the drive from Basic to Dynamic, which changes the file system to NTFS automatically.
  • Reformat all of the existing partitions and use the NTFS file system.
  • Run the CONVERT.EXE utility to convert the file system to NTFS.
  • Reinstall Windows XP and to format the drive choose NTFS when prompted.



Answer: Run the CONVERT.EXE utility to convert the file system to NTFS.


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