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Parallels: convert from fat 32 to ntfs - dotman - 10-04-2008
Im ready to go to a larger hd on my mbp. I have parallels sharing a bootcamp installation of xp pro formatted fat32 (dumb i know).
I've heard you can convert the volumn to ntfs without issue. Has anyone done this without losing data, killing apps, etc? What's the process?
I like to use that utility to bu my bootcamp volumn, but I know it only supports ntfs. any help would be appreciated so I could ccc my mac and then backup my bootcamp install and move them both to a new drive.
dot.
Re: Parallels: convert from fat 32 to ntfs - Mike Sellers - 10-04-2008
Why is FAT32 formatting dumb? I like being able to copy files to my XP partition while booted into OS X.
Here's a thread on backing up and enlarging the bootcamp partition:
http://forums.macresource.com/read.php?1,569564,569564#msg-569564
Disk Utility has worked fine for me.
Re: Parallels: convert from fat 32 to ntfs - dotman - 10-05-2008
Thanks Mike, I'll give that a try.
dot.