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Windows NT

Switching from FAT to NTFS

If you plan on switching from a FAT file system to a NTFS file system for performance or other reasons, it is recommended to not convert drives from FAT to NTFS if you can help it. Instead, backup all of your files and start clean from a NTFS file structure. This way, the NTFS directory structure will be optimized and placed at the front of your hard drives.

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