Cannot Convert FAT32 to NTFS with IDE Drive Larger Than 20 GB (271644)
The information in this article applies to:
- Microsoft Windows 2000 Server
- Microsoft Windows 2000 Advanced Server
- Microsoft Windows 2000 Professional
This article was previously published under Q271644 SYMPTOMS
If you install Windows 2000 from a CD-ROM to a 20-gigabyte (GB) hard disk that uses the FAT32 file system, the installation succeeds. However, when you attempt to convert the file system to the NTFS file system by using the convert c: /fs:ntfs command, the conversion may not succeed. Even though the hard disk has several GB of free space you may receive the following error message:
The type of the file system is FAT32.
Determining disk space required for file system conversion...
Insufficient disk space for conversion
The conversion failed.
C: was not converted to ntfs
CAUSE
The logical block address (LBA) is not calculated correctly for certain large Integrated Device Electronics (IDE) drives.
RESOLUTIONTo resolve this problem, obtain the latest service pack for Windows 2000. For additional information, click the following article number to view the article in the
Microsoft Knowledge Base:
260910 How to Obtain the Latest Windows 2000 Service Pack
The English version of this fix should have the following file attributes or later:
Date Time Version Size File name
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8/8/00 6:55p 5.0.2195.2103 85,168 Atapi.sys
4/27/00 5:05 5.0.2195.2073 4,432 Intelide.sys
4/27/00 5:05 5.0.2195.2073 3,088 Pciide.sys
4/27/00 5:05 5.0.2195.2073 21,936 Pciidex.sys
STATUSMicrosoft has confirmed that this is a problem in the Microsoft products that are listed at the beginning of this article. This problem was first corrected in Windows 2000 Service Pack 2.
| Modification Type: | Major | Last Reviewed: | 4/14/2006 |
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| Keywords: | kbHotfixServer kbQFE kbbug kbfix kbWin2000PreSP2Fix KB271644 |
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