When you're reformatting a drive, memory card, or flash drive you need to pick a file format. If you see FAT32, exFAT, and NTFS, but don't know which one to pick, here's what you need to know. When ...

When you have a new hard drive, or when you're reinstalling Windows, the OS may ask you to format the drive. If given a choice, the two common modes are NTFS and FAT32. But what are those, and why ...

I'm trying (key word, trying) to convert a friends 3tb WD My Book to FAT32 so he can store, and play all his AVI movies, etc. I'm using Acronis Disc Doctor, without much success. This is the ID info I ...

Ernie Smith is a former contributor to BizTech, an old-school blogger who specializes in side projects, and a tech history nut who researches vintage operating systems for fun. With so many emerging ...

Apple computers configure hard drives differently than Windows computers. Windows uses NTFS or FAT32 as their native file system while Apple uses HFS+. Apple does not support the NTFS files system but ...

I want to make a backup of my music files from a Brennan Jukebox. The process is simple enough, just plug in a USB memory stick formatted to FAT32. I already have larger USB storage devices but they ...

i just loaded win2k on my machine, and didn't know at the time which file system to use. i went with fat32, because NTFS sounded like it could give me problems. but now it sounds like win2k likes NTFS ...

Amid the widespread shift to subscription-based cloud storage solutions, relying on good-old physical drives can be a reassuring sense of independence. Whether you're trying to repurpose an old hard ...

When you purchase a new storage drive, it may tell you it needs reformatting, but which format is best? The main options for removable drives and memory cards these days are FAT32, exFAT, and NTFS, ...