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Should I use NTFS or exFAt.

GummyGamer
By GummyGamer
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I got a new hard drive for my computer and I was setting it up and I was prompted with selecting a file system. The two options were NTFS and exFat and I wasn't quite sure which one I should use. Can someone tell which one I should use? Thank you  :)

 

(I am using Windows 10 64 BIt)

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I got a new hard drive for my computer and I was setting it up and I was prompted with selecting a file system. The two options were NTFS and exFat and I wasn't quite sure which one I should use. Can someone tell which one I should use? Thank you  :)

NTFS, I assume you are using windows?

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NTFS unless you're planning on using it with Linux/Mac computers also.

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Yes I am using Windows. So I do use NTFS for Windows?

For Windows Vista/7/8/10 NTFS is recommended.

 

exFat is commonly used for devices such as Flash Drives.

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NTFS.

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For Windows Vista/7/8/10 NTFS is recommended.

 

exFat is commonly used for devices such as Flash Drives.

this guy knows whats up.

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this guy knows whats up.

I remember back in the day when M-FAT (now called FAT16) was the HDD format of choice. It was the same time that HDDs were only 4 GBs.

 

Oh how the times have changed.

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I remember back in the day when M-FAT (now called FAT16) was the HDD format of choice. It was the same time that HDDs were only 4 GBs.

 

Oh how the times have changed.

one of my spare systems has a bios limitation of 8GB per hard drive.

 

i havent bothered trying to find a bios update for a motherboard from 1995 to fix it xD

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