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[–] [email protected] 84 points 3 months ago (13 children)

I love how the arstechnica article words it like you will never need FAT32 and it's silly to consider it.

I had to download fat32format I don't know how many times because I needed to format an extra large SD Card or USB drive for some device. Microsoft really shafted exFAT's adoption with their licensing.

[–] [email protected] 14 points 3 months ago (7 children)

I personally haven't had to touch it in over a decade, but I guess there's probably some uses for it still, yeah.

[–] [email protected] 42 points 3 months ago (6 children)

Personal computers and flagship phones? Yeah you can probably use exFAT.

Video game consoles and handhelds? Dashcams? Car entertainment centers? Cheap android devices? 100% going to be FAT32 partitioned with a Master Boot Record

[–] Dhs92 9 points 3 months ago (2 children)

Low end motherboard BIOS flashing

[–] [email protected] 6 points 3 months ago

I just flashed my mobo last night and it wanted a fat32 fs. It’s not low-end at all.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 3 months ago (1 children)

You think high end motherboards are going to flash from XFS?

[–] Dhs92 2 points 3 months ago

I've seen a few that can read ExFAT

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