Different file systems in Windows 7
Introduction :
- In windows 7, you will see different file systems :
- Don't choose/set FAT, FAT32 formatting option if data storage capacity of your USB flash
drive is larger than 32GB.
- FAT32 does not support handling large files (over 4GB).
- In Windows XP and Windows 7 FAT and FAT32 file systems are by default.
- During a " Normal format " process, data is removed and
scan is performed for bad sectors.
- During "Quick Format" process, only data is removed, no
scan is performed.
Which one is suitable for your USB Drive :
- For USB flash drive size - 0bytes to 512MB - Go for FAT
- For USB flash drive size - 512MB to 8192MB - Go for FAT32
- For USB flash drive size - 8192MB or larger - Go for NTFS
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