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# SYSTEM32 Directory Corrupted After Converting from FAT to NTFS

Article ID: 106743

Article Last Modified on 11/1/2006

APPLIES TO

- Microsoft Windows NT Advanced Server 3.1
- Microsoft Windows NT Workstation 3.1
- Microsoft Windows NT Advanced Server 3.1

This article was previously published under Q106743

## SYMPTOMS

After instructing Windows NT Setup to convert your FAT partition to NTFS (the partition containing Windows NT), the SYSTEM32 directory is corrupted.

## CAUSE

This problem only occurs when the filenames in the SYSTEM32 directory are in a particular order. It is caused by a cache problem in Convert's read/write cache.

## STATUS

Microsoft has confirmed this to be a problem in Windows NT and Windows NT Advanced Server version 3.1. This problem was corrected in the latest U.S. Service Pack for Windows NT and Windows NT Advanced Server version 3.1. For information on obtaining the Service Pack, query on the following word in the Microsoft Knowledge Base (without the spaces):

S E R V P A C K

Additional query words: prodnt

Keywords: kbsetup KB106743