This tutorial explains how to format or convert a Hard Disk or a Partition to NTFS format, as it is file system that provides better performance and security for data.

You can convert all drives to NTFS assuming that you aren't dual booting your machine. Two of the major benefits are efficient file storage (FAT and even FAT32 waste space because of cluster size ...

While there was software in the past that could convert a case-sensitive partition to a case-insensitive one in place without copying the data off, the firm that made that software has shut down.