![]() Though Windows file systems work the same regardless of drive type I wanted to expand on his piece a bit by including the system called exFAT, so in this piece I’ll discuss the three file systems, their pluses and negatives, and which one to use according to your needs.ĮxFAT: This is an updated file system created by Microsoft to replace FAT32. My colleague wrote about this previously in regards to external drives, but he was discussing high-capacity hard drives you plug into your PC. ![]() In dealing with this it occurred to me that Majid probably isn’t alone, and people might not be aware of the fact that you can format a USB key in Windows using one of three available file systems, and that each system has both advantages and limitations. ![]() He sent me a screenshot that clearly indicated the problem, as it read “The file is too large for the destination file system.” I replicated the issue quite easily by trying to move a 10GB file to a Fat32 disk, as Fat32 can’t handle any file larger than 4GB.įAT32 has a 4GB file size limitation, making it tough to copy HD or 4K video footage. Majid was unable to copy a movie from his PC to his newly acquired 32GB USB key, and wondered why. ![]()
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