FW: cygwin-xfree Digest 5 Sep 2014 16:55:49 -0000 Issue 3554

[t s <furriner67 at hotmail dot com>]

sorry to "bug" you ; do you know of any utility which can convert a volume from EXFAT to NTFS?


if not then no worries, but please email me and say so


thank you

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> From: furriner67@hotmail.com
> To: marco.atzeri@gmail.com
> Subject: FW: cygwin-xfree Digest 5 Sep 2014 16:55:49 -0000 Issue 3554
> Date: Thu, 11 Sep 2014 16:18:05 -0400
>
> I tried CONVERT from the NT command line
>
>
> it says
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>
>
> C:\Users\Tadeusz Szocik>convert /?
> Converts a FAT volume to NTFS.
>
> CONVERT volume /FS:NTFS [/V] [/CvtArea:filename] [/NoSecurity] [/X]
>
>
> volume Specifies the drive letter (followed by a colon),
> mount point, or volume name.
> /FS:NTFS Specifies that the volume will be converted to NTFS.
> /V Specifies that Convert will be run in verbose mode.
> /CvtArea:filename
> Specifies a contiguous file in the root directory
> that will be the place holder for NTFS system files.
> /NoSecurity Specifies that the security settings on the converted
> files and directories allow access by all users.
> /X Forces the volume to dismount first if necessary.
> All open handles to the volume will not be valid.
>
> C:\Users\Tadeusz Szocik>convert e: /fs:ntfs /nosecurity /x
> CONVERT is not available for EXFAT drives.
>
> C:\Users\Tadeusz Szocik>
>
>
>
>
> do you know of any other utility or do I have to reformat?
>
>
> thank you
>
>
>
>
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>> From: furriner67@hotmail.com
>> To: marco.atzeri@gmail.com
>> Subject: RE: cygwin-xfree Digest 5 Sep 2014 16:55:49 -0000 Issue 3554
>> Date: Thu, 11 Sep 2014 16:08:51 -0400
>>
>> hi, I'd like to convert to NTFS. It says; "You should really consider converting the drive to NTFS with CONVERT.EXE."
>>
>>
>> where is CONVERT.EXE? is this a Cygwin component or do I find it elsewhere?
>>
>>
>> thank you
>>
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>>> Date: Thu, 11 Sep 2014 13:31:44 +0200
>>> From: marco.atzeri@gmail.com
>>> To: furriner67@hotmail.com; cygwin-xfree@cygwin.com
>>> Subject: Re: FW: cygwin-xfree Digest 5 Sep 2014 16:55:49 -0000 Issue 3554
>>>
>>> On 11/09/2014 11:51, t s wrote:
>>>>
>>>> From: furriner67 (at) hotmail.com
>>>> To: cygwin-xfree (at) cygwin.com; marco.atzeri (at) gmail.com
>>>> Subject: FW: cygwin-xfree Digest 5 Sep 2014 16:55:49 -0000 Issue 3554
>>>> Date: Thu, 11 Sep 2014 05:49:53 -0400
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> fwd
>>>>
>>>> please see file;
>>>>
>>>> cpm86.com/cygcheck.out
>>>>
>>>> why are my posts to cygwin-xfree@cygwin.com not going through?
>>>>
>>>> thank you
>>>>
>>>
>>> this passed ;-)
>>>
>>>
>>> as your disk is formatted as exFat and not as NTFS
>>>
>>> e: fd exFAT 122038Mb 81% CP UN CYGWIN
>>>
>>> I suggest this two readings:
>>>
>>> https://cygwin.com/faq.html#faq.using.chmod
>>> https://cygwin.com/cygwin-ug-net/ntsec.html
>>>
>>> Regards
>>> MArco 		 	   		  
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