Microsoft boosts Windows’ FAT32 partition size limit after nearly three decades - Engadget
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Microsoft righted an age-old "wrong" (at least for those who geek out about disk formatting) earlier this week. With its latest Windows 11 Insider Canary Preview Build, the company increased the maximum FAT32 partition size limit from 32GB to 2TB when using the command line.
  • Peffse@lemmy.worldEnglish
    2 years

    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.pubEnglish
      2 years

      I personally haven’t had to touch it in over a decade, but I guess there’s probably some uses for it still, yeah.

      • Peffse@lemmy.worldEnglish
        2 years

        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