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How to convert NTFS to FAT32 without losing data on Windows 11/10?
If your 4TB hard drive is in NTFS format and Mac cannot directly write to NTFS format, you can indeed consider converting it to FAT32, so that both Windows and Mac can support it. However, direct formatting is definitely not an option because you cannot lose so much data. I have encountered a similar situation before, and later used Partition Manager to directly convert NTFS to FAT32, and the data was not lost at all. Moreover, this tool is easy to use and can be done in a few steps. I recommend you to try it.
I followed this tutorial: (worked for me)
https://www.gicmodo.com/how-to-convert-ntfs-to-fat32
The Disk Management app on Windows is a built-in utility that allows users to manage their hard drives and partitions. It provides a graphical interface to perform tasks such as creating, deleting, and formatting partitions or volumes. It can also converting between disk types, such as MBR (Master Boot Record) and GPT (GUID Partition Table).
Unfortunately, you can't convert NTFS to FAT32 directly using the Disk Management app in Windows without losing data. Disk Management only allows you to reformat a drive, which would erase all data.
To safely convert NTFS to FAT32 without losing data, you would typically need to:
- Back up your data to another drive.
- Reformat the drive to FAT32 using Disk Management.
- Restore your data from the backup.