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Commonly held misconception that FAT32 is limited ... it is only in the individual file sizes saved to it :
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FAT32 surmounted the limited volume size offered by the FAT16 file system. The 32-bit File Allocation Table was released in August 1995, with the launch of Windows 95 operating system. FAT32 allows you to store files of size up to 4GB and the maximum disk size can go up to 16TB.
The FAT32 file system is perfect for storage devices like flash drives but you’ll have to make sure you don’t have an individual file larger than 4GB. It has been widely implemented beyond the realm of computers, like gaming consoles, HDTVs, DVD & Blu-Ray players, and practically any device with a USB port. All versions of Windows and Linux distributions support the FAT32 file system, even Apple’s MacOS provides complete support it.
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EXFAT ....
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The exFAT (Extended FAT) is another Microsoft proprietary file system which finds its use in ball games where the FAT32 feels out of breath. Most of the modern digital cameras use exFAT. High capacity SDXC memory cards are now pre-formatted with the exFAT file system, as it is lighter in contrast to NTFS and supports file of sizes, more than 4GB. So, if you have an exFAT SD card, you shall face no issues while copying full-length HD movies on it which is not the case with FAT32.
High capacity SDXC memory cards are now pre-formatted with the exFAT, as it is lightweight in contrast to NTFS and supports file size more of than 4 GB. So, if you have an exFAT SD card you will have no issues while copying full-length HD movies on it which is not the case with FAT32.
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So the only advantage of EXFAT is that you can write larger than 4GB files to the card ...
It has to be noted that many cameras and other devices split recordings into 'time / Gb' chunks anyway ... some camera's give the option to choose the size of those chunks ... its actually a tool to help you edit later ... but often the interface of each chunk has a slight blip in continuity ..
Just commenting ... because of the post saying over 32GB use EXFAT ....
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