Sometimes there is a problem with FAT32, sometimes with NTFS. We explain which file system is best for which application scenario.

In 1996, Microsoft introduced the FAT32 file system as an update to the previous version, FAT16. At the time, Microsoft imposed a limit on the creation of FAT32 partitions, deciding that the ...

FAT32: This is a compatible file system format with a maximum file size limit of 4GB. So if you wish to store large-sized games, which is quite common in PS4, FAT32 won’t be a good fit.

Apart from this, the EFI boot system scans for boot code in /efi/boot directory, defined in the specification as being in a FAT32 file system. It is the primary reason why Windows 10 installation ...

To make your Western Digital hard drive work on both Mac and Windows computers, you need to format the drive with the FAT32 file system.

Pick the Right File System Format Your Mac is compatible with several file systems, including FAT32, exFAT, APFS, and HFS+. Picking the right one for your external drive depends on how you intend ...

FAT32 is a common file system for thumbdrives and is fully supported by both Windows and Mac. However, it can hold single files of just 4GB or less.

NTFS is newer than FAT32 and has many advantages over the latter including support for files over 4GB in size. Sadly, Android devices don't support this file format by default. Here's how to ...

On Windows 10, the OneDrive desktop client recently received an update that suddenly drops support for older file systems, including FAT32 and exFAT, and even the newer ReFS (Resilient File System).

I've got this problem where when I copy large files (2-3GB) from the large HFS+ partition on my USB drive to the small FAT32 partition on the same drive, my system lags really badly. I don't mean ...

For example, traversing a file system tree from the root node to the file of interest requires jumping from an inode to a directory file (potentially multi-indexed) to the file location.