Converting a FAT16 or FAT32 partition to NTFS

If you installed BMC Performance Predictor for Mainframes on a partition that is not NTFS but still want to gain the benefits of system-level compression, you can convert the partition to NTFS. However, you should check with your system administrator before converting any drive to NTFS in case you have reasons for not converting a particular partition to NTFS, for example with a boot partition.

Note

Before converting the drive to NTFS, BMC Software recommends that you run a scan disk and a disk defragmenter on the drive that you want to convert. 

The following procedure modifies the structure of your hard disk. BMC Software strongly recommends that you back up your data before proceeding with this operation. This
procedure should be done by a system administrator. 

Run the command line program called CONVERT.EXE as follows:

  1. Open a command prompt and type
    convert <drive letter> /fs:ntfs
    Example: convert d: /fs:ntfs 
    You might need to restart the system for the conversion process to take place. If, for whatever reason, the conversion fails, Windows reverts the drive back to the
    original file system. Backing up the drive before you convert is highly recommended. 
  2. After the drive is converted to NTFS, follow the preceding steps for compressing the Namespace directories.


 

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