How can I convert a NTFS drive to HFS+ without having to move the data?
It is an external drive of 2TB and I don't want to spend too much time moving the data.
This is required in order to be able to share the drive on Lion (smbx)
MacOS – How to convert a NTFS drive to HFS+ without having to move the data
hfs+macosntfspartition
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Best Answer
Sorry but there is no way to reformat a Hard Drive while keeping the current data intact. You can either move the data off, reformat to HFS+ then move the data back on or add a second partition that is HFS+, move the data to that partition then remove the old NTFS partition and expand the HFS+ one.