nt guy

I have a hard drive from an NT4.0 (SP6) computer that was transiently
connected to a Win XP computer as a slave drive.

As a result, it's file system is now NTFS version 3.1. When removed
from the XP computer and re-installed in the original computer it does
seem to operate properly - except for any of the native drive tools
such as error checking, de-frag, etc. I believe for the system to
totally return to "normal" the NTFS file system needs to revert back
to version 1.3.

And just so we're clear - I'm not interested in tools or work-arounds
as far as the drive tools goes to cope with NTFS version 3.1. I want
to roll the NTFS back to NT's native version.

I've looked into Partition Magic (version 8.01) but it doesn't seem to
have any option to convert NTFS partitions to specific versions.

So, is it possible to change the file system back to the original NT4
version?

dave patrick

AFAIK it isn't possible.

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| I have a hard drive from an NT4.0 (SP6) computer that was transiently
| connected to a Win XP computer as a slave drive.
|
| As a result, it's file system is now NTFS version 3.1. When removed
| from the XP computer and re-installed in the original computer it does
| seem to operate properly - except for any of the native drive tools
| such as error checking, de-frag, etc. I believe for the system to
| totally return to "normal" the NTFS file system needs to revert back
| to version 1.3.
|
| And just so we're clear - I'm not interested in tools or work-arounds
| as far as the drive tools goes to cope with NTFS version 3.1. I want
| to roll the NTFS back to NT's native version.
|
| I've looked into Partition Magic (version 8.01) but it doesn't seem to
| have any option to convert NTFS partitions to specific versions.
|
| So, is it possible to change the file system back to the original NT4
| version?

joe christl

Well, it may be possible to make it NTFS 1.3 but you'd loose all the
data. Tools such as Partition Magic, et al.

dave patrick

That path doesn't meet the OP's criteria.

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Dave Patrick ....Please no email replies - reply in newsgroup.
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Microsoft MVP [Windows]
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| data. Tools such as Partition Magic, et al.

joe christl

I get the feeling that there IS NO PATH that will mee the OP's criteria.

dave patrick

Correct!

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|

jan kannemacher

Nice multi-post.

Well, it is possible. Copy everything off the drive, delete the
partition and then create a new one. Except for this crude method you're
probably lost.

JK'04

jiri tuma

also some NT aware backup tools can be used. Procedure is similar to copying
to another driver.
However with backup tool you usually need not to care about ntfs permissions
like you should with simple copy-to-another-drive method (tip: there is
utility in winNT reskit called scopy.exe, that can copy files and folders
with permissions between two ntfs partitions).

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