Resize FAT32 Partition in Windows Vista

On Fri, 26 Jun 2009 01:55:01 -0700, Juan wrote:

> Thanks for your answers.
>
> Is it possible to convert a FAT32 disk into NTFS, shrink it, and then
> convert it back to FAT32?

Just boot a Linux Live CD and do it!


>
> "Paul Randall" wrote:
>
>
>> "Rick Rogers" <rick@mvps.org> wrote in message
>> news:e5z1aIY9JHA.5044@TK2MSFTNGP05.phx.gbl...
>> > Hi,
>> >
>> > This line is from the Help files for Disk Manager:
>> >
>> > "You can only shrink basic volumes that have no file system or use
>> > the NTFS file system."
>>
>> Thanks. Now we know for sure.
>>
>> -Paul Randall
>>
>>
>>

Thanks Rick. I think that closes the issue. Just one comment, i think you
meant "You can convert from FAT32 to NTFS, but not the other way around"

"Rick Rogers" wrote:

> Hi Juan,
>
> Not with the file tools in Vista. You can convert from NTFS to FAT32, but
> not the other way around. If you just want to shrink/alter a FAT32 volume,
> there are plenty of third party drive tools that will do this like BootIT NG
> and Paragon.
>
> --
> Best of Luck,
>
> Rick Rogers, aka "Nutcase" - Microsoft MVP
> http://mvp.support.microsoft.com/
> Windows help - www.rickrogers.org
> Vote for my shoe: http://rick-mvp.blogspot.com
>
> "Juan" <Juan@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> news:13190C4F-F2BA-46DC-8DAE-6909549485C3@microsoft.com...
> >
> > Thanks for your answers.
> >
> > Is it possible to convert a FAT32 disk into NTFS, shrink it, and then
> > convert it back to FAT32?
> >
> > "Paul Randall" wrote:
> >
> >>
> >> "Rick Rogers" <rick@mvps.org> wrote in message
> >> news:e5z1aIY9JHA.5044@TK2MSFTNGP05.phx.gbl...
> >> > Hi,
> >> >
> >> > This line is from the Help files for Disk Manager:
> >> >
> >> > "You can only shrink basic volumes that have no file system or use the
> >> > NTFS file system."
> >>
> >> Thanks. Now we know for sure.
> >>
> >> -Paul Randall
> >>
> >>
> >>
>
>

On Fri, 26 Jun 2009 10:46:02 -0700, Juan wrote:

> Thanks Rick. I think that closes the issue. Just one comment, i think you
> meant "You can convert from FAT32 to NTFS, but not the other way around"

Let's hope so.

I'm not sure of all that GPEdit can do, but it might be a handy tool to
download and burn to a boot disk. I just used it with OK results for some
formatting and partitioning problems that Vista & OS X couldn't handle.

Google for Gnome Partition Editor if GPEdit doesn't work.

No, this is better: http://gparted.sourceforge.net/index.php

For one thing, it seems to be called GParted, not GPEdit...

You download an ISO file and burn it to CD. Boot from it and be careful :-)

--
Gene E. Bloch letters0x40blochg0x2Ecom

Right, I meant the other way around.

--
Best of Luck,

Rick Rogers, aka "Nutcase" - Microsoft MVP
http://mvp.support.microsoft.com/
Windows help - www.rickrogers.org
Vote for my shoe: http://rick-mvp.blogspot.com

"Juan" <Juan@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:FC38115B-246A-4009-B0F3-B5F47DA5E972@microsoft.com...
>
> Thanks Rick. I think that closes the issue. Just one comment, i think you
> meant "You can convert from FAT32 to NTFS, but not the other way around"
>
> "Rick Rogers" wrote:
>
>> Hi Juan,
>>
>> Not with the file tools in Vista. You can convert from NTFS to FAT32, but
>> not the other way around. If you just want to shrink/alter a FAT32
>> volume,
>> there are plenty of third party drive tools that will do this like BootIT
>> NG
>> and Paragon.
>>
>> --
>> Best of Luck,
>>
>> Rick Rogers, aka "Nutcase" - Microsoft MVP
>> http://mvp.support.microsoft.com/
>> Windows help - www.rickrogers.org
>> Vote for my shoe: http://rick-mvp.blogspot.com
>>
>> "Juan" <Juan@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
>> news:13190C4F-F2BA-46DC-8DAE-6909549485C3@microsoft.com...
>> >
>> > Thanks for your answers.
>> >
>> > Is it possible to convert a FAT32 disk into NTFS, shrink it, and then
>> > convert it back to FAT32?
>> >
>> > "Paul Randall" wrote:
>> >
>> >>
>> >> "Rick Rogers" <rick@mvps.org> wrote in message
>> >> news:e5z1aIY9JHA.5044@TK2MSFTNGP05.phx.gbl...
>> >> > Hi,
>> >> >
>> >> > This line is from the Help files for Disk Manager:
>> >> >
>> >> > "You can only shrink basic volumes that have no file system or use
>> >> > the
>> >> > NTFS file system."
>> >>
>> >> Thanks. Now we know for sure.
>> >>
>> >> -Paul Randall
>> >>
>> >>
>> >>
>>
>>