Thread: FAT32 vs NTFS
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Old 2009-12-10, 02:22 PM
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FAT32 vs NTFS

I just bought a 500 GB Western Digital external drive to store all of my torrents, music, and other stuff. The drive is formatted in FAT32, and my understanding is that it can only manage files up to 4GB in size. Is that a problem for any of the big torrents I'll be saving? Are the individual files within the Video_TS directories going to be small enough to work with FAT32? Are there any advantages to reformatting the drive in NTFS or maybe partitioning it with a mix of both? I use a Windows laptop, but I'm contemplating moving to Mac, and my understanding is that NTFS doesn't work well with Macs. I'm a complete newbie where all of this is concerned, but I wanted to start off on the right basis. Any advice would be gratefully received. Thanks!
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