I want to encrypt / create a VOLUME CONTAINER of 35gb through ‘TRUECRPYT’ in my 350gb transcend portable drive.
The software while creating says that a vloume container of more than 4gb cannot be made as the drive is FAT.
pls help
To convert a partition to NTFS from FAT, go to Command prompt and type the following command..
Convert X: /FS:NTFS
X: Being the drive letter your USB drive has, and you will not loose any data, when you convert the same from FAT to NTFS…
Thanx! it worked
I tried for a 512mb pendrive, now i’ll do it for my 350gb port hd,…still feeling tense to do it.I know it doesnt erase any data,but 1 in a billion chance if it did then i’ll lose my years of collection!!! 
^ then first take a backup of your years of collection before converting.
take a backup, proceed with the mentioned methord and let me know if it worked. just curious.
UM
dont have alternate 350gb space 2 take backup. :ashamed:
But i guess if it worked with 512mb pendrive then it’ll work on any portable drive. 
Good luck…post your reply with how it went 
any updates ???
Right click on drive name >format>file system=ntfs..done
in case u r changing a thumbdrive to ntfs do remember it shortens its life + wont be able to use it in dvd players ets.
wow!..that was common sense. didnt think about that.
how does it shorten life of an external drive?
^^ ofcourse tht will format (erase data) your drive.
Wow! That was simple & straight! I have a Transcend 320GB PORTABLE. The file type is FAT, would be converting the whole space to NTFS using your method.
After Format, should Check Disk or Defragmentation be run before proceeding further?
i guess its not that easy sometimes the ntfs option under format doesnt come up..
use HP USB DISK STORAGE FORMAT TOOL - the best way to format…
Alright
Listen up…a similar issue happened with me yesterday. Had to transfer a 9 GB file to a 500GB external WD HDD with FAT32 and 250 GB of data already on it.
I didnt have 250GB of available space to backup the data on.
Had Paragon partition manager 10.0 lying around, so checked out the additional features.
It can convert your HDD file system to NTFS (which is what you need to do) without compromising the data or without you needing to back it up…
BUTT..with a double ‘T’
It took 22 Hrs to do it on my 500Gb WD External HDD…rofl
So, if you have the time, give it a go 
oh my god…thats too much…
I formatted my discs but somehow their names got changed, I did not change though!
Later on when I launched bittorrent, all the files were showing - files missing.
Then I again changed back the names of the discs & put the files in bittorrent on re-check mode. Thankfully things are working fine now.
But how did the names got changed without my intervention?
^^ it gives default names to the drives if u dont input specific names manually.
Wah! It works, It converts my lappy FAT HDD into NTFS. Yuppy!
Thanks Andrew.