I personally haven’t had to touch it in over a decade, but I guess there’s probably some uses for it still, yeah.
Comment on Microsoft boosts Windows’ FAT32 partition size limit after nearly three decades
Peffse@lemmy.world 4 weeks ago
I love how the arstechnica article words it like you will never need FAT32 and it’s silly to consider it.
I had to download fat32format I don’t know how many times because I needed to format an extra large SD Card or USB drive for some device. Microsoft really shafted exFAT’s adoption with their licensing.
jonne@infosec.pub 4 weeks ago
Peffse@lemmy.world 4 weeks ago
Personal computers and flagship phones? Yeah you can probably use exFAT.
Video game consoles and handhelds? Dashcams? Car entertainment centers? Cheap android devices? 100% going to be FAT32 partitioned with a Master Boot Record
Dhs92@programming.dev 4 weeks ago
Low end motherboard BIOS flashing
Telodzrum@lemmy.world 4 weeks ago
I just flashed my mobo last night and it wanted a fat32 fs. It’s not low-end at all.
AlligatorBlizzard@sh.itjust.works 4 weeks ago
Yup, I had to download a program to format my 64Gb micro SD card for my 3ds last year.
amanda@aggregatet.org 4 weeks ago
I needed it for a printer the other day!
mhm@programming.dev 4 weeks ago
Yep, many smart TVs still only accept FAT32 format. I have to split my HDR videos into multiple files to be able to watch them on TV — because of 4GiB size limit.
Angry_Autist@lemmy.world 4 weeks ago
Rufus is your friend
cmnybo@discuss.tchncs.de 4 weeks ago
FAT32 is also really simple to implement. Supporting exFAT may require a larger microcontroller with more memory, which results in a more expensive product.
A_Random_Idiot@lemmy.world 4 weeks ago
FAT32 is the javas of file systems. Works everywhere, on anything. But everyone hates it.
And009@reddthat.com 4 weeks ago
Even my speaker can read fat32, but I never format any storage in that system