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Err Msg: The Conversion Failed...Was Not Converted to NTFS

Article ID: 108263

Article Last Modified on 10/31/2006


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SYMPTOMS

When you instruct Windows NT Setup to convert an HPFS volume to NTFS or use the CONVERT command at the command line, the file system conversion fails and the following error message appears:
The conversion failed. The [drive] was not converted to NTFS.

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: KB108263