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paupav Master Cheater
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Posted: Sat Jan 07, 2012 9:56 am Post subject: so whats difference between NTFS and exFAT |
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| i want to format my external hard drive to i can put file size atleast of 6gb... so should i format it to NTFS or to exFAT
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Hero I'm a spammer
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Posted: Sat Jan 07, 2012 10:06 am Post subject: |
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| NTFS is a bigger format, and will leave you with slightly less HDD room. I think its only real use is for OS? Using FAT for your external is better.
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paupav Master Cheater
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Posted: Sat Jan 07, 2012 10:47 am Post subject: |
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| so, witch one can hold 6gb file?
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namles_hacker Advanced Cheater
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Posted: Sat Jan 07, 2012 10:49 am Post subject: |
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If it's a single File then you need to format to NTFS
FAT only supports up to 4GB/file.
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Hero I'm a spammer
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Posted: Sat Jan 07, 2012 10:57 am Post subject: |
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| namles_hacker wrote: | If it's a single File then you need to format to NTFS
FAT only supports up to 4GB/file. |
This. Anything above a 4gb usb flash drive won't worth with exfat or fat16, but thats why you have fat32.
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bfsdbsdfbdsfb Grandmaster Cheater
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Posted: Sat Jan 07, 2012 11:01 am Post subject: |
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exFAT supports files larger than 4gb though
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Dark Byte Site Admin
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Posted: Sat Jan 07, 2012 12:26 pm Post subject: |
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But keep in mind that some Devices's don't support exFAT (E.g: My dvd's usb player, my standalone media player and my tv's media player don't support exFAT but do support NTFS)
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Hero I'm a spammer
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Posted: Sat Jan 07, 2012 12:32 pm Post subject: |
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| Dark Byte wrote: | | But keep in mind that some Devices's don't support exFAT (E.g: My dvd's usb player, my standalone media player and my tv's media player don't support exFAT but do support NTFS) |
He's right. The only real reason for exfat is to do a bios update on your pc via usb. It has no other real usages anymore.
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bfsdbsdfbdsfb Grandmaster Cheater
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Posted: Sat Jan 07, 2012 12:35 pm Post subject: |
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Game consoles don't always support NTFS either though, wii doesn't support NTFS but does support FAT32 and WBFS.
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Up2Admin I'm a spammer
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Posted: Sat Jan 07, 2012 12:46 pm Post subject: |
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| The Grim Heaper wrote: | | Game consoles don't always support NTFS either though, wii doesn't support NTFS but does support FAT32 and WBFS. | Lol
Wii hardware
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bfsdbsdfbdsfb Grandmaster Cheater
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Posted: Sat Jan 07, 2012 1:03 pm Post subject: |
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| Up2Admin wrote: | | The Grim Heaper wrote: | | Game consoles don't always support NTFS either though, wii doesn't support NTFS but does support FAT32 and WBFS. | Lol
Wii hardware |
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paupav Master Cheater
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Posted: Sat Jan 07, 2012 1:47 pm Post subject: |
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>need to support more than 6gb
>il use it only on pc
>il use it on windows 7 & xp
so exFAT??
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bfsdbsdfbdsfb Grandmaster Cheater
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Posted: Sat Jan 07, 2012 3:17 pm Post subject: |
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| paupav wrote: | >need to support more than 6gb
>il use it only on pc
>il use it on windows 7 & xp
so exFAT?? |
if it's only on pc I don't see why you wouldn't take NTFS
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Hero I'm a spammer
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Posted: Sat Jan 07, 2012 3:22 pm Post subject: |
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| Up2Admin wrote: | | The Grim Heaper wrote: | | Game consoles don't always support NTFS either though, wii doesn't support NTFS but does support FAT32 and WBFS. | Lol
Wii hardware | Defaukt xbox format is fat.
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paupav Master Cheater
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Posted: Sun Jan 08, 2012 2:18 am Post subject: |
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| wait, i cant conect it to tv then?
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