I understand that FAT32 is unable to store large files bigger than 5GB in size or something like that while ntsf doesn;t have such a limit? Also is it true that it's faster to access data from ntsf vs a fat32 system? I'm currently listening to some songs on an external hdd fat32 and it sometimes takes a few moments to acess a song but this doesn't happen on my internal hdds. I'm just wondering is it cos of the usb connection which should be slower tha sata or the file system. Someone pls tell.
Article is outdated in any case i'm not using it as as an OS but rather to contain my data like music, videos etc.
What's exfat? Well for me i'm i just converted it to ntfs and suddenly i can acess files quicker and not to mention ntfs files tend to be hardier and do not get corrupted easily.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ExFAT It has a MUCH faster access time then FAT32 & NTFS in real world applications. I've tested each one myself. It really depends on you external hard drive size.
Do i need to install other stuff to convert my hdd from ntfs to this exfat? I merely used some commands on dos to convert fat32 to ntfs.
Interesting..think I'll check it out I'm guessing it can't be used on a boot partition though? Amirite?
Here is a chart: http://www.ntfs.com/ntfs_vs_fat.htm I'm using NTFS with a 16KB allocation.... I usually transfer files that are 4GB+. This is with a USB flash drive btw.... I'm using a Verbatim 16GB and a Corsair Voyager 16GB. Because I transfer large files, NTFS is slightly faster than exFAT... Though I realize you are using a harddrive with eSATA and you plan to run realtime apps from there. If you have a USB external HDD all I have to ask is..... why???? exFAT should do the trick though.
Well my hdd already has stuff when i comvetred it to ntfs it also had stuff in it but no problem. I need to format it to get it back to fat so forget it. I;'ll stay with ntfs.
I never tried it, but I'm assuming you can't. I'd use it mainly for eSata, USB, & Firewire drives. I'd love to see a benchmark of a SSD formatted in exFAT!