
Bummer there's no "Convert File System" button in the Tools Property Tab of a Disk Drive. and continue your copy, with the crisis averted. Windows has checked the file system and found no problems.ħ,629,261 total allocation units on disk.ħ,533,518 allocation units available on disk.ĭetermining disk space required for file system conversion. Windows is verifying files and folders.įile and folder verification is complete. Might report errors when no corruption is present. Run an Administrator Console (click the Start Menu, type cmd, then right click on the command prompt and click "Run As Administrator") then run: C:\Users\Scott>convert h: /fs:ntfs /nosecurityĮnter current volume label for drive H: My Book You can either Format the drive, by right clicking the Drive in My Computer and using the Tools tab, or, if you already have a bunch of files on it.

When copying giant (greater than 4 gig) files and Virtual Machines and Video and what-not to your fresh new External Hard Drive you might be greeted with this message, or one like it:ĭoh! This hard drive came formatted as FAT32, which doesn't support files larger than 4 gigs.
