I'm looking at purchasing a 64-GB flash drive soon (they now cost only 199.99 USD on NewEgg) & have several very large files (above 2 GiB) that need storing.

Which file system would you recommend for storing these files without splitting the files with third-party software, but keeping compatibility with Windows (XP)? Can Windows format these devices in NTFS without a problem?

Thanks...

NTFS all the way. The only reason I could possibly see to use the FAT file system on your flash drive is if you wanted to use it in certain non-PC devices such as some of the newer LCD TVs for example. I have a new Samsung 46" LCD that has a USB port on it for flash drives but it will only read ones formatted using the FAT file system.

Also I had no idea that flash drives had moved to 64GB!?! Still the same small keychain size I take it? This makes me wonder when will they hit a wall with flash drives? Surely there has to be a limit where they will at least have to make the flash drive larger and bulkier if they want to move to say 128GB or higher?

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Originally posted by Magnus NTFS all the way. The only reason I could possibly see to use the FAT file system on your flash drive is if you wanted to use it in certain non-PC devices such as some of the newer LCD TVs for example. I have a new Samsung 46" LCD that has a USB port on it for flash drives but it will only read ones formatted using the FAT file system.

Also, if you want to be able to transfer to a MAC, you gotta go FAT.

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Originally posted by miamitranceman Also, if you want to be able to transfer to a MAC, you gotta go FAT.

Here's a good, FREE utility for formatting larger drives/partitions to FAT. It allows one to get around Windows XP's 32GB limit.


http://www.compuapps.com/download/S.../swissknife.htm

technology is moving too fast lol

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Originally posted by Trancespotter technology is moving too fast lol

That's what my uncle says. He got SD cards from the late 1990s that are 8, 64, & 128 MB & now there are memory cards pushing 32 (SD) & 64 (CF) GB! I guess that's simply what a decade of progress gives ya...

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Originally posted by Trancer-X Here's a good, FREE utility for formatting larger drives/partitions to FAT. It allows one to get around Windows XP's 32GB limit. http://www.compuapps.com/download/S.../swissknife.htm

Thanks anyway. I had to use this when formatting a 60GB drive I swapped in my iriver H140 when I wanted a bigger drive (yes I still use this old thing due to Rockbox).

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Originally posted by ali92 That's what my uncle says. He got SD cards from the late 1990s that are 8, 64, & 128 MB & now there are memory cards pushing 32 (SD) & 64 (CF) GB! I guess that's simply what a decade of progress gives ya... Thanks anyway. I had to use this when formatting a 60GB drive I swapped in my iriver H140 when I wanted a bigger drive (yes I still use this old thing due to Rockbox).

I have a 16MB SD memory cards still sealed in the original plastic. It came with a camera that I purchased with a 1GB card not too long ago (which itself doesn't even seem like that much room anymore.) lol.

I also more recently had an old Canon 512MB Ultra II CF card laying around but I gave that to a friend to use as backup for his XLR.

No problem. I just thought it was a decent program. I was online in XP and found that and figured I'd use it to create a 100GB FAT32 partition that I use like a shared drive letter in a dual-booted XP/Linux system.