From the department of temporary fixes, becoming a permanent solution. This guy made FAT32: youtu.be/bikbJPI-7Kg?si=orQCjxmnOPAhKIeu
Comment on Microsoft boosts Windows’ FAT32 partition size limit after nearly three decades
BananaTrifleViolin@lemmy.world 4 weeks ago
This is badly written and ignorant article. Fat32 supports up to 16Tb partition size (depending on cluster size - 2Tb -16Tb).
Its microsoft’s windows tools that arbitrarily only allow users to create 32Gb partitions, and it is this that is veibf changed. This is not a change to Fat32, this is a change to windows. 3rd party tools on Windows and other systems like Linux have long offered more options for partition size.
That its taken to 2024 for Microsoft to fix the command line tool (and still not fix the GUI tools) is ridiculous.
Scribbd@feddit.nl 4 weeks ago
vext01@lemmy.sdf.org 4 weeks ago
That’s what I thought!
The real issue with Fat32 is the 4gb file size limit.
drawerair@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
About 10 years ago, my usb drive was Fat32 by default. I changed it to Ntfs due to Fat32’s 4-GB cap. 1080p movies that were 4+ GB were getting more widespread then. I’m using Ntfs till now.
vext01@lemmy.sdf.org 2 weeks ago
Problem is NTFS isn’t as widely supported across alternative operating systems.
drawerair@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
Exfat if you wanna use your usb drive on Macos or Linux.
I have Windows so I’m OK with Ntfs.