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Choose exFAT format when formatting, can increase the life of U disk

The following excerpt from the online:

The ExFAT (Extended file Allocation table file System, extended fat, also known as Fat64, the Extended Files Allocation table) is Microsoft Windows embeded 5.0 or more (including Windows CE 5.0, 6.0, Windows Mobile5, 6, 6.1) introduced in a suitable for the Flash file system, in order to solve the FAT32 and so on does not support 4G and its larger files launched. For Flash, the NTFS file system is not suitable for use, and exFAT is more applicable.

Advantages relative to the FAT file system, exFAT has the following benefits:
enhanced interoperability of desktops and mobile devices
exfat.gif  exfat.gif
single file size up to 16EB (18 446 744073 709 551 616 Bytes, (theoretical value, 16X1024X1024TB), 1tb=1024g)
cluster size up to 32MB
uses the remaining space allocation table, the remaining space allocation performance improvement
the maximum number of files in the same directory up to 65 536 x
support access control
The flash drive that uses the file system does not support Windows Vista ReadyBoost. Windows Vista SP1 supports this file system with Windows 8.
Please note: exFAT is only a compromise solution, especially suitable for flash file systems.

Now more than 4GB USB format default is NTFS partition, but this format is very hurt U disk, because the NTFS partition is a "log" file system, the need to record detailed read and write operations, will definitely compare the damage flash disk chip, because to read and write constantly.
See below for a comparison of exFAT, NTFS, and FAT partitions

The following excerpt from the online:

The ExFAT (Extended file Allocation table file System, extended fat, also known as Fat64, the Extended Files Allocation table) is Microsoft Windows embeded 5.0 or more (including Windows CE 5.0, 6.0, Windows Mobile5, 6, 6.1) introduced in a suitable for the Flash file system, in order to solve the FAT32 and so on does not support 4G and its larger files launched. For Flash, the NTFS file system is not suitable for use, and exFAT is more applicable.


Advantages relative to the FAT file system, exFAT has the following benefits:
• Enhanced interoperability of desktops and mobile devices
Exfat.gif Exfat.gif
• Single file size up to 16EB (18 446 744073 709 551 616 bytes (theoretical value, 16X1024X1024TB), 1tb=1024g)
• Cluster size up to 32MB
• Use of the remaining space allocation table, the performance improvement of the remaining space allocation
• Maximum number of files up to 65 536 in the same directory
• Support for access control
• Support Tfat
A flash drive with this file system does not support Windows Vista ReadyBoost. Windows Vista SP1 supports this file system with Windows 8.
Please note: exFAT is only a compromise solution, especially suitable for flash file systems.

Now more than 4GB USB format default is NTFS partition, but this format is very hurt U disk, because the NTFS partition is a "log" file system, the need to record detailed read and write operations, will definitely compare the damage flash disk chip, because to read and write constantly.
See below for a comparison of exFAT, NTFS, and FAT partitions

Partition format	FAT32	Ntfs	ExFAT
operating system	win OSR2 after the	win2000 after the	win CE 6/vista sp1/windows 8
minimum sector	512bytes	512bytes	512bytes
maximum sector	64kb	64kb	32768kb
maximum single file	2BYTES-4GB	by the maximum split capacity	16eb (theoretical value)
maximum format capacity	2TB (but NT Kernel System limited to 32GB)	2TB~256TB (affected by MBR)	16eb (theoretical value) (currently supported to 256TB)
Number of files	4194304	No	can be at least greater than 1000

1. Support for very large files and storage devices 2. Improved performance support 3. Support for future innovative scalability features 4. Add Flash Media compatibility

How should I choose?

How do we choose to face three different file system formats? In fact, three kinds of systems have their own strengths, we can according to different applications, select the appropriate system format for the application:

* Since most computers, digital cameras, multimedia broadcast devices and even AV devices are compatible with FAT32, USB memory sticks or memory cards that are often used everywhere are best formatted using FAT32 format.

* If you expect to run out of every inch of your USB memory stick or memory card, and don't mind the low liquidity, then the ExFAT with the most available space is your choice.

* If you're going to plug a memory card into a burthen computer with a tiny SSD (such as an Eee PC from a solid-state drive series) as a "second drive" for that computer, you'll need to make a choice according to your actual application:

* If you need to use the Windows System File security permissions, file compression, archive links (Junction and hard link) and other functions, NTFS is the inevitable choice.

* If you do not need to use the file security rights and compression functions, but also need to store some such as DVD image files, HD movies and virtual computer hard disk files, such as more than 4GB of files, ExFAT will be a better choice than NTFS. ExFAT Default design of 32KB per hive will also make the system more ideal for reading large-capacity files.

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