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USB Flash Drive Comparison Part 2 — FAT32 Vs. NTFS

Posted by timothy on from the get-your-data-past-the-border-guards dept.

Dampeal writes "Ok, a little while back I ran a somewhat large USB Flash Drive Comparison with 21 drives compared, today I got part two of that comparison. I've taken the 8gig and 4 gig drives, nine in total, and formatted them FAT32, NTFS and ExFAT and ran all of the tests over again for a comparison of how the file systems work on the drives." Good news — after some exhaustively graphed testing scenarios, the author comes to a nice conclusion for lazy people, writing "[I]n my opinion the all around best choice is FAT32, or the default for most all USB drives out there today, it seems to give us the best average performance overall."

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  1. Re:Great by longhairedgnome · · Score: 1, Funny

    Wow, who would have thought that the manufacturers would have chosen the best option?

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  2. Re:Great by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 2, Funny

    I'm too lazy to even care.

  3. Question by oldspewey · · Score: 3, Funny

    If I format one of these with ReiserFS, am I still okay to take it through airport security?

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    1. Re:Question by the_humeister · · Score: 3, Funny

      Better question: Will the USB drive die faster with ReiserFS?

    2. Re:Question by Fred_A · · Score: 3, Funny

      You might have trouble finding your files on ReiserFS.

      Nah, you just have to dig around a bit in the directories. They're rarely very far from where you last saw them.

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    3. Re:Question by morgan_greywolf · · Score: 2, Funny

      Another Linux-related question: If I format the USB drive with ReiserFS, am I restricted to using it only in a chroot jail?

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  4. Re:NTFS patten? by gEvil+(beta) · · Score: 5, Funny

    No, I think he meant "Patton". Having Patton on me is the last thing I'd want.

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  5. Re:Great by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 2, Funny

    I'm too lazy to even care.

    Morla, is that you?

  6. Re:NTFS patten? by Joe+Snipe · · Score: 4, Funny

    He did, unfortunately there is a patten on that word.

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  7. Re:Size matters by coolsnowmen · · Score: 5, Funny

    Did he run tests with 16GB files?

    ...
    More importantly, he couldn't use a 16GB file, since
    FAT32 doesn't support single files over 4GB.

    And because 4GB drives don't support files over 4GB.

  8. Re:Great by geminidomino · · Score: 3, Funny

    Wow... Neverending Story reference on Slashdot?

    Way to make me feel old, asshole. ;)

  9. Re:NTFS patten? by QuasiEvil · · Score: 4, Funny

    You clearly mean treadmark. Which may have been left by a Patton, if he ran over your flash drive with his Jeep.

  10. Re:Great by Hucko · · Score: 2, Funny

    Thus Microsoft has the perfect way to EOF XP... Support UDF, Microsoft! It will force people to upgrade! s/force/encourage

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