Was defragin the computer this morning and i noticed my file systen was runnin in FAT32 instead ov NTFS. Is this ok ? or can i CHANGE it back to NTFS without much trouble ?... XP PRO........ Many thanks for any advice in advance.. Well it can't SPONTANEOUSLY change back and forth, so let's examine further.

If you right click on the drive and choose properties what does it show the drive file system as? How do you know it was NTFS and how did it show as FAT32?

How many drives, and how are they set up?No probs.. Right click on the drive shows FAT32...... Only one drive....Think it may of happend when i did a reinstall and when i fomatted the drive i formatted FAT32 last so i think i have installed XP in this way...
It has showed FAT32 fron the start but i just wonderd if is ok to run this way or maybe i have made a mistake installing in this manner..My XP build has run for over 1 1/2 years  now with no problems at all....

There are people who SWEAR NTFS is better and more secure than FAT32 ( those who have yet to experience the RAW phenomenon ).

If it's running fine i would leave well enough alone.If you want to convert a volume to NTFS from the command prompt, here's how to do it.  

Open a command prompt window.
In the command prompt window, type
convert drive_letter: /fs:ntfs

 Notes

To open a Command Prompt window, click Start, point to Programs, point to Accessories, and then click Command Prompt.
You can convert FAT or FAT32 volumes to NTFS with this command.
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Alan <><  If it is already set up like this I would let it be. Nothing to be gained by CONVERTING it.I love this forum   Info is knowledge and you guys are well clued up !!!!! Thanks for the advice n info !!!
Tc, pooly..