frist time capturing dv

[maghera]

sorry if this has been answered before but i cant capture anymore than 18 mins of dv and im at 3.99gb and it wont capture anymore ,how do i get around this,i get 119mb for 30 seconds of movie

[Tommyknocker]

Make sure your hard drive is set to NTFS and not FAT. The latter only has a 4GB limit. Also, how much free space is left on your hard drive.

[maghera]

how do i change to NTFS do i have to format again

[Tommyknocker]

how do i change to NTFS do i have to format again

If I were you I would go ahead and spring for that monster hard drive you've been planning on getting anyway. Make sure it is formatted to NTFS, and keep your original hard drive for system/program files only. The new hard drive will be for video only (capturing, editing, etc). You need more disk space anyway if you plan on pursuing this hobby to any great length.

[maghera]

an excuse to get another harddrive sounds good,but is there a way i can change my harddrive without formatting,is there any good gides to this,i can free up to 50gb on the drive if i need to so i think im safe for the minute,any help would be great on this subject

[junkmalle]

Windows XP has a conversion utility that will convert from FAT to NTFS without losing your data. It will take a while to run. A full backup is recommended before running it. Use Start -> Help and Support to bring up the "Help and Suport Center" dialog. Type "Convert" into the Search box and search. You'll then see how to run the program.

[jimmalenko]

I think in WinXP you can go to the command prompt and type:

convert d: /FS:NTFS

where d: is the drive you wish to convert. If the drive contains your OS, it will reboot and do it then.

[maghera]

i converted my pc from fat32 to ntfs in about ten minutes,i went to run typed in cmd then after my name typed in convert drive_letter: /fs:ntfs
clicked yes on a few other things rebooted the computer and it done a disk check the computer then restarted then converted to ntfs in ten minutes flat i was real happy i didnt have to format.

[maghera]

heres the link i used to convert http://www.mvps.org/marksxp/WindowsXP/fatntfs.php hope this helps someone

[jimmalenko]

I think in WinXP you can go to the command prompt and type:

convert d: /FS:NTFS

heres the link i used to convert http://www.mvps.org/marksxp/WindowsXP/fatntfs.php hope this helps someone

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