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Why yes, I would in fact like to write a file bigger than 4GB in 2025. Com'on flash drive manufacturers, get your shit together and format in exFAT already -_- (lemmy.world)

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[-] Blass_Rose@pawb.social 9 points 1 week ago

Windows won't even let you format them in fat32 anymore! Which sucks when the device you plan to use it for TECHNICALLY supports exfat, but there's lots of community posts about how the drivers for exfat regularly corrupt the drive if it tries to read/write too much...

[-] fallingcats@discuss.tchncs.de 6 points 1 week ago

What? That just means it will corrupt files on fat32 too but not the whole filesystem so you didn't notice. Return that shit.

[-] PM_Your_Nudes_Please@lemmy.world 5 points 1 week ago

Yeah, I use a lot of legacy gear for work. They type of shit that is running Windows 98 embedded. Fat32 will never die as long as legacy support is a thing. If I plug an exFAT drive into one of those machines, it won’t even recognize the drive.

[-] Pringles@lemm.ee 3 points 1 week ago

I regularly format usb drives to fat32 with windows. You just need to use diskpart.

[-] Infernal_pizza@lemm.ee 1 points 1 week ago

Doesn’t that limit you to 32GB partition sizes for fat32?

[-] Pringles@lemm.ee 2 points 1 week ago

Yes, it does. It's usually for OS updates/installation sticks or configuration files for stuff like switches, meeting bars, conference phones, etc... and not for data transfer.