I've made the long overdue decision to keep backups on an external USB drive, but should I go with NTFS or exFAT for the drive? We have an all Windows household here, and although I fiddle with Linux ...

Here are the best free USB flash drive format tools for Windows 11/10 that you can use to format a USB or flash drive: USB Disk Storage Format Tool. Rufus. PenFormat EaseUS Partition Master Free ...

USB memory sticks offer a convenient way to store and transport business documents, so you have them with you at all times. Although the default File Allocation Table format offers greater ...

I have a pair of Adata UV125 64gb USB drives that I want to change the default from e-fat to Fat 32. Is this possible? My WD Play unit won't recognize eFat. The only way I can currently format to Fat ...

For those of us who rarely transfer files physically across devices, file-format capability may be a distant memory. It used to occupy a lot of attention. But it still crops up whenever you’re trying ...

Microsoft this week cleared its Extended File Allocation Table (exFAT) technology to be added to the Linux kernel. According to this Aug. 28 Linux kernel maintainers post, the exFAT code was submitted ...

For years, Microsoft used its patents as a way to profit from open-source products. The poster-child for Microsoft's intellectual property aggression were the File Allocation Table (FAT) patents. But ...

Microsoft has agreed to the addition of its Extended File Allocation Table (exFAT) technology to the Linux kernel, according to a Wednesday announcement. The exFAT code was submitted for "staging" on ...