Re: vfat to ext3 without data loss

[Paul Scott <paslist@ultrasw.com>]

Paul Johnson wrote:
> Please quote conversationally.
> http://ursine.ca/Top_Posting
>
> On Thursday 06 April 2006 01:48, Mirco Piccin wrote:
>   
> > Yes, of course.
> > But a stupid question as mine was, is finalized to know if is possible
> > convert the vfat filesystem without backup/copy in other location!!
> >     
>
> No, it's not a stupid question, it's a smart question that has a stupid answer 
> because of the differences between the filesystems in question.
>
>   
> > If there's no way to do this, of course i'll backup/copy data before
> > formatting in ext3 HD!
> >     
>
> One thing to keep in mind: Windows only reads FAT-based or NTFS filesystems.  
> If you're just trying to keep your files from Windows when you move to Linux, 
> move the files you want to keep in My Documents on the Windows box, then just 
> move that off to other media.
Even though it's not native to MS Windows the above is no longer true:

http://www.fs-driver.org/

Paul Scott