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Microsoft boosts Windows’ FAT32 partition size limit after nearly three decades (www.engadget.com)
submitted 4 months ago by jeffw to c/technology
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[–] [email protected] 47 points 4 months ago (3 children)

That's what I thought!

The real issue with Fat32 is the 4gb file size limit.

[–] drawerair 1 points 3 months ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (2 children)

About 10 years ago, my usb drive was Fat32 by default. I changed it to Ntfs due to Fat32's 4-GB cap, which I've disliked. I'm still using Ntfs.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 3 months ago (1 children)

Problem is NTFS isn't as widely supported across alternative operating systems.

[–] drawerair 1 points 3 months ago

Exfat if you wanna use your usb drive on Macos or Linux.

I have Windows so I'm OK with Ntfs.