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Posted: 2008-09-02 01:43:51
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@max_wedge: while windows will only format fat32 drives up to 32GB it will happily read/write from larger volumes. This is an artificial limitation placed by microsoft because they think you should be using NTFS for larger volumes.
when phones exceed this limit the easiest solution will be to simply format the card in the phone rather than the computer, thats is you dont have a mac or linux based computer which will format drives larger than 32GB.
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Posted: 2008-09-02 09:56:20
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On 2008-09-02 01:43:51, max_wedge wrote:
yep!
Yeah, that's great. Tnx for the info.
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Posted: 2008-09-02 10:56:09
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true, but above 8GB or so fat32 cluster sizes are more inefficient than ntfs.
However whether NTFS will become a standard supported by mobile phones who knows. The problems is that it's not just phones, since a phone's internal memory can use proprietary file systems and don't always use fat. It's the external memory support that is under question.
It would make sense to me that when we reach the 32GB limit, that broad compatibility that we have now not be lost. If a situation evolves where PC NTFS formatted memory cards have to be wiped and reformatted by a device just to share files with that device, consumers will rebel. On the other hand if NTFS support is incorporated into devices to allow for this, FAT32 will quickly fade out of use.
Even if Windows is patched to support fat32 formatting larger than 32GB, fat32 is not the long term answer for removable media format into the future. FAT32 is also limited to 4GB file sizes, which isn't an issue now, but with HD video capable phones with 32GB of storage it won't be so far fetched.
I don't know what the answers is, but I expect there will be a period where fat32 will continue until the device industry either converts to NTFS, or another file system is developed specifically for removable devices, which gains industry wide support. This support will be built into future windows versions. Sort of like the USB Mass Storage Protocol but for file systems.
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Posted: 2008-09-02 11:28:40
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Nice info there max... Well I hope a compatibility fix will be found between ntfs and fat cards when the 32gb limit is reached.
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Posted: 2008-09-02 20:15:28
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