Byte wrote:
> Tom, Partition Magic costs about $18.99, are you made of money or
> did someone give it to you? But you are correct it will reverse it. Most
> people will not buy Partition Magic just to reverse from NTFS back to FAT32,
> only to repartition their harddrives.

I don't have it at all as I find no use for it. I was simply pointing
out that a conversion from FAT32 to NTFS is not irreversible. If the
need is important enough, the cost is worth it. I have never found a
need to reverse a conversion to NTFS, and there are better and less
expensive tools for doing everything else that Partition Magic is
capable of doing.
--
Tom Porterfield
MS-MVP Windows
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In news:8460653A-10CB-46EB-9F75-20DAF775BEF1@microsoft.com,
Byte <Byte@discussions.microsoft.com> typed:

> Tom, Partition Magic costs about $18.99, are you made of money
> or
> did someone give it to you? But you are correct it will
> reverse it.
> Most people will not buy Partition Magic just to reverse from
> NTFS
> back to FAT32, only to repartition their harddrives.


Saying that paying for Partition Magic just to convert from NTFS
to FAT32 isn't worth the money is a *very* different statement
from saying that "converting to NTFS is a ONE-WAY street. You
cannot go back."

What you said in the first message was simply wrong, and Tom
corrected it, gently. No big deal; we all make mistakes
sometimes. Accept it and move on. Trying to weasel out of it by
saying something different now and asking Tom whether he's made
out of money just makes you look foolish.

--
Ken Blake - Microsoft MVP Windows: Shell/User
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>> Byte wrote:
>>> Be aware, that converting to NTFS is a ONE-WAY street. You
>>> cannot
>>> go back.
>>
>> Partition Magic
>> (http://www.powerquest.com/partitionmagic/features.html) can
>> convert
>> NTFS to FAT32 without losing data. --
>> Tom Porterfield
>> MS-MVP Windows
>> http://support.telop.org
>>
>> Please post all follow-ups to the newsgroup only.