Convert FAT32 to NTFS external hard drive

• External hard drive is one kind of popular external storage device. It uses hardware as the storage medium and is very convenient to carry. Its main function is to exchange large capacity data with computer. Although there are many other kinds of external storage devices such as memory card and memory stick and so on, the price of large capacity memory card or memory stick is too high for the common computer users. Therefore the relatively cheaper but still large capacity external hard drive becomes the best choice for users. However, even the capacity of external hard drive is large but to use it effectively, partition is not enough. We have to choose the right file system for external hard drive. Different file systems affect the performance of external hard drive data saving. The most common file systems are FAT32 and NTFS developed by Microsoft. FAT32 is firstly used in the Windows operating system. With the growing demand for file storage, FAT32 cannot satisfy the requirement any more, so NTFS is developed by Microsoft. NTFS has greater performance than FAT32. As a standard file system of all the Windows operating system after Windows NT, NTFS has replaced FAT32 gradually. Many users convert FAT32 file system to NTFS of the external hard drive for better saving data and files. Here we introduce the advantages of NTFS.
  
  The advantages of NTFS compared to FAT32
  NTFS is the brand new file system based on the FAT and HPFS by Microsoft. The improvement includes: support metadata, use advanced data structure to improve performance, higher reliability and disk space using rate, support various extended functions. NTFS has the following features that make it the most popular file system of storage devices like external hard drive and replace FAT32.
  1．Storage capacity:The maximum volume can be 2TB that NTFS supports, and the maximum single files size can be 64GB. This realizes the large capacity data change between external hard drive and computer.
  2．The security and reliability of data saving: NTFS has the functions of error warming, data encryption, disk self-repair, etc. it also supports sharing resource and the set the visit limit of folders and files, making external hard drive data storage safer.
  3．Usage and management of disk space: NTFS uses smaller cluster, and provides disk compression function, making the management of external hard drive easier and better.
  
  Because of these advantages of NTFS, users all want to convert FAT32 to NTFS of external hard drive. How to convert FAT32 to NTFS? There is a good way.
  
  The way to convert FAT32 to NTFS of external hard drive partition
  Disk management tool is a way to do the operation of external hard drive. But it does not provide the function to convert FAT32 to NTFS file system. We have to format the partition of external hard drive if we want to convert file system with the disk management tool of system. Formatting may cause the data loss of external hard drive. How can we convert FAT32 file system to NTFS file system? MiniTool Partition Wizard is the best choice. This software is free to family or individual users. Please visit the official website http://www.partitionwizard.com/ of MiniTool Partition Wizard for more information.
  
  How to use MiniTool Partition Wizard to convert FAT32 to NTFS of external hard drive
  After download the MiniTool Partition Wizard to the computer, install it in the partition that is not going to be operated. Run the software to enter into this interface:
  
  
  
  This is the main interface of MiniTool Partition Wizard. It lists all the partitions of the computer. As the operation of converting FAT32 file system to NTFS file system of external hard drive is the same with converting the partition of computer, this presentation is the conversion of FAT32 file system of computer. Choose the FAT32 partition to convert and then click the right mouse button to choose "Convert FAT to NTFS" in the shortcut menu. The following interface will come up:
  
  
  
  This interface shows the original form of file system and the form that is going to be converted. Click "Start" button to convert after making sure. Click "Close" button to return to the main interface after finishing.
  
  
  
  In this interface we can see that FAT32 partition has been converted to NTFS partition by MiniTool Partition Wizard.
  Convert the FAT32 file system to NTFS file system if you want to make your external hard drive safer and more effective. MiniTool Partition Wizard can convert file system with very simple operation. Please visit the official website to download!