Need Help with NTFS File Conversion

hello i dont even know where to begin i have been fighting with my pc for going on 2 weeks i finnally got xp back on it
i love xp i never had any problems until recently i was in the middle of playing clancys splinter cell when my system
crashed after it crashed i could not get it to restart nothing i tried worked the biggest problem is that
my originl xp pro operating system disk got damaged some how i never knew that a disk could become corrupted wich i
still dont get makes no sense at all anyway my xp disk would not go into setup it would get as far as
checking for system files right after the f8 license agreement then it would just stop with a f3 quit setup option
drive me crazy well the only other os disk i have is win98 so what i eventually got to work was using a xp iso
with my cd key from with in win98 wich took me 4 days to figure out how to do it i was at my wits end by the time
i got it to work what i had to end up doing was creating a 2 partitions on my hard drive 1 primary and 1 extended
logical partition but every time i got win98 on the c: drive i would only have 10gb of space yet d: would have
all the rest of my 80gb hard drive space so what i ended up doing was installing win98 on the d: drive i put all
the system files on the second partition so i could have more disk space only the boot files are on the c: drive
or first partion now my question is is it safe for me to convert from fat32 to ntfs if this is the way my system
is setup

let me break it down so i am clear
i have 1 80gb hard drive i put 2 partions on it
c:= 1st partion
d:= 2nd partion
i installed win 98 but not on c:
i installed win 98 on the d: partiton {second partion}
i then upgraded to xp
so now all my xp system files programs everything is on the d: drive
so can i convert these 2 partitions from fat32 to ntsf safely and not
screw it all up

here are my system specifications

Motherboard = ASUS a8n-sli deluxe
CPU= AMD Althon 64 3200+ Socket 939
Chipset= Nvdia Nforce 4-sli
Frontside bus= 2000 MT/S 1600 MT/S
Memory={RAM}= Corsair Platinum series DDR 1024mb 400mhz 3.3.3.8
Graphics= {PCI-E} Nvidia 7300 se Graphic Card

well that about it so can i or better yet should i convert the file system
from fat32 to ntfs cause i have no clue what i am doing
i can say that for sure thats about the only thing i am 100% sure about is
i dont know what i am doing so i hpope you can please help me
thank you sincerly in advance i can be reached at <snip>


thank you sincerly jaymus777

 

What are you proposing to use to do the conversion? You can't do it from XP without first installing disk management software and in any case it's not something you should even consider without first taking a full hard disk image so you can recover if it misfires. I would use the free version of Easeus Todo for the disk image and Minitool Partition Wizard for the conversion. That's free too.

 

oh thank you so much earthling for at least answering my questions and so fast too you dont know how much i appreciate it i have tried other forums and no one would help me all they did is lecture me about my spelling and gramar errors

i have a very small education level so i appoliges for missspelligns and run on sentences but thankyou i will try what you say but
i have to learn a little bit more how to use these tools your suggestioning i dont feel comfortable yet i am so scared i will mess it up and have to start all over again all i ned is a stinking xp install disk i have a valid key my install disk is not working and i dont know why it must be scratched or damaged some way

it took me 3 days just to figure out how to get win98 to be able to read a win xp iso i never could get win 98 to let me have a internet connection
it just a big mess any way thank you so much i will try it and post the results in a day or so k thanks

 

Have a read HERE. Good luck