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different standards for file names and file time stamps (Created, Modified and Last Access Time) of NTFS and FATxx file

systems.

To tackle problems of that kind you can manually set:

 Time zone to use during the convert operation. NTFS keeps file timestamps in GMT (Greenwich Mean Time)

while FAT uses a fixed local date and time. The program takes proper account of these differences and enables

to adjust timestamp values.

An incorrectly chosen time zone might lead to inability to launch certain software.

 Language for file names to use during the convert operation. NTFS stores file names in Unicode while

FAT/FAT32 uses ANSI to save short file names (also called the DOS aliases). The codepage information is

required for the correct conversion of non-English file names from Unicode to ANSI and vice versa.

An incorrectly chosen codepage will certainly result in corruption of non-English file

names.

 Request confirmation of settings before NTFS < - > FAT/FAT32 conversion. Mark the checkbox to automatically

display the local settings dialog to check and modify (if necessary) the default parameters before launching the

convert file system operation.

Defragmentation Options

In this section you may set the preferable defragmentation mode:

 Fast mode. Partitions will be defragmented rather fast (a 10-30% gain depending on the fragmentation level),

but a power outage, hardware malfunction or a system failure during the operation might lead to the data loss.

 Safe mode. To guarantee protection of your data during the operation, the program will allocate some free

space (not less than the on-disk largest file) on the defragmented at the moment partition to make a duplicate

of every processed file. Thus we strongly recommend you to use this very mode.