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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 Hal_Porter · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    That's not true generally though. For example if you buy a cheap laptop with the default choice of Windows Vista Home Basic you will die of aids AND cancer.

    That's why it's important to read the tech sites EVERY DAY.

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