User manual

This section contains a set of options that will be taken into account when converting FAT and NTFS file systems. By

default, the program takes locale (regional) settings from the system. Problems might occur however because of

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.