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How to convert NTFS to FAT32 without losing data on Windows 11/10?
- Sep 13, 2024
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
I think Wiindows should be able to do this anyway by now then having to use a 3rd party app to do it, thats why they make apps like it, I don't see why Windows can't covert NTFS to FAT32 and FAT32 to NTFS without losing data on the drive then having to format it, its possible now so why not add it to Windows, and it would make it a lot easier for Windows users then them looking for app to do it intead for free.