Cloning

Maybe not the right forum, but this is my question:
If I want to clone a FAT 32 disk to a preformatted NTFS new disk. Is the
cloning process then automatically going to change (re-format) the
preformatted NTFS system on the target disk to FAT32, or do I have to first
re-format the NTFS disk to FAT 32 before cloning?
P.S. I want to keep FAT32 for some MAC/PC issues.
Thanks for any advise.

On Fri, 9 Apr 2010 00:13:30 +0200, Erdna wrote:

> Maybe not the right forum, but this is my question:
> If I want to clone a FAT 32 disk to a preformatted NTFS new disk. Is the
> cloning process then automatically going to change (re-format) the
> preformatted NTFS system on the target disk to FAT32, or do I have to first
> re-format the NTFS disk to FAT 32 before cloning?
> P.S. I want to keep FAT32 for some MAC/PC issues.
> Thanks for any advise.

I suspect that will vary according to the program you use[1], but I would
expect the clone to end up as a FAT32 - otherwise it's not a clone,
n'est-ce pas?

[1] In my experience, some programs will offer to reformat the destination
and others will just do it silently. I imagine there are also some that
will quit with an error message.

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"Erdna" wrote:

> Maybe not the right forum, but this is my question:
> If I want to clone a FAT 32 disk to a preformatted NTFS new disk. Is the
> cloning process then automatically going to change (re-format) the
> preformatted NTFS system on the target disk to FAT32, or do I have to first
> re-format the NTFS disk to FAT 32 before cloning?
> P.S. I want to keep FAT32 for some MAC/PC issues.
> Thanks for any advise.
>

Cloning makes an exact duplicate of the source drive including the file
system. You could start with an empty zero-filled drive and the cloning
process will go without a hitch.

you need to format the hard drive to the NTFS format.. the clone wil
create the partitions which is on the other hard drive similar and all.
but if you do not format it.. i might come up with "fatal" o/1 error

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