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gmhtid · 10-29-2004, 06:33 PM

I defragmented my WD2500JB yesterday and now Windows 2000 will not read it and wants to re-format. It is recognized in POST and in some of the programs I've found on the web. How do I change the file system back to NTFS without losing my data? (There's a LOT of data I don't want to lose.)

10-29-2004, 06:33 PM	#1
gmhtid Member (1 bit) Join Date: Oct 2004 Posts: 1	Defrag changed File System from NTFS to FAT12 I defragmented my WD2500JB yesterday and now Windows 2000 will not read it and wants to re-format. It is recognized in POST and in some of the programs I've found on the web. How do I change the file system back to NTFS without losing my data? (There's a LOT of data I don't want to lose.)