Exfat or ntfs for ssd

Question M1 Macbook Pro External drive... Paragon NTFS or exFAT Thread starter Thread starter kirkdickinson Start date Start date May 9, 2024 You are using an out of date browser. It may not display this or other websites correctly.You should upgrade or use an alternative browser. #1 I have a brand new 4GB SSD external drive. My M1 Macbook Pro has Paragon NTFS installed on it. I need to be able to use the drive on PC's and my Macbook.Paragon NTFS seems to work fine with the older NTFS drive that I have. Are there any advantages to using exFat over NTFS for formatting this new drive? #2 I was leaning toward NTFS. I asked Chat-GPT too. Here is what it said:For compatibility between Mac and Windows systems, both exFAT and NTFS are viable options, but each has its own advantages and disadvantages: exFAT (Extended File Allocation Table): Advantages: Supported by both macOS and Windows without needing additional software. Allows for file sizes larger than 4GB, which can be useful for large media files. [*]Disadvantages: Limited compatibility with some older versions of Windows and macOS. May not be as robust as NTFS in terms of handling permissions and metadata. [*]NTFS (New Technology File System): Advantages: Supports advanced features such as file permissions, encryption, and compression. Generally more robust and reliable compared to exFAT. [*]Disadvantages: Requires third-party software (like Paragon NTFS) on macOS to write to NTFS drives, which may incur additional costs. Not as widely supported out of the box on macOS (although Paragon NTFS helps mitigate this).Considering you already have Paragon NTFS installed on your Mac, NTFS might be the more convenient option for you. It offers better support for advanced features and compatibility with Windows systems, with the added benefit of being able to write to NTFS drives

So I wouldn't count on a Windows machine not to screw up your APFS drive. Similarly, there is no real reason to add full NTFS support to your Mac if it can use ExFAT. exFAT has a lot of its own issues, eg lack of journaling.Yeah, looks like APFS is still beta for macDrive and just read-only. HFS+ seems to be the better choice.For small files, I would just use OneDrive. But I am considering this for potential large/many files movements. #4 I lost dozens of my recordings saved in exFAT SSD four years ago. Thankfully no big deal because of backup. But I never trust exFAT on anything again.I use paragon for all the support. They are a bit pricey but one stop for everything which is nice for license management and migration. I go both ways: some formatted in NTFS and some HFS. No desire for APFS unless I absolutely have to. And no. iOS external drive support is still a joke and I won’t count on that. #5 I personally use NTFS for almost everything except the macOS system disk. Paragon NTFS driver works incredibly well. And NTFS, despite being "old", is still a very robust and capable FS. And if something breaks, it's well known and there are tons of tools to help you.Apple's FileSystems, especially APFS, are more like a black box. Fine if they work, but if not... good luck.I have yet to see a drawback of using NTFS for all my external HDDs and SSDs. #6 Today I took a leap with with the Paragon bundle...hidden on their site is a way to get the bundle for the price of one. I did have an old HFS+ for Windows license and it gave me a sweet discount.Pros: Super easy to install on Win10 Pro and "worked" right away (I rebooted even though it did not prompt me). The interface is simple.Cons: Its slow! connected an external APFS SSD via USB-C (USB 3.1 header on my Motherboard)and attempted to transfer ~30GB to an internal NTFS SSD.. It took almost 10 minutes (Should have been no more than 2 minutes). I need to copy over 1TB, so the speed it very important. I also noticed some hanging with Windows Explorer, I'm running a very beefy computer spec, so I don't feel good about the performance. I will try to mount the drive internally (direct SATA6)

Tôi nên định dạng thẻ SD(SD card) , thẻ nhớ(USB memory) USB, ổ cứng ngoài USB hoặc ổ SSD(SSD drive) mới của mình như thế nào? Tôi nên sử dụng định dạng tệp FAT32 cũ hay định dạng (FAT32 file)tệp NTFS(NTFS file) mới hơn ? Hay tôi nên thử exFAT? Đó là một câu hỏi khó đối với hầu hết mọi người và câu trả lời đúng khác nhau tùy thuộc vào loại thiết bị mà bạn cần định dạng, cũng như cách thức và nơi bạn sử dụng nó. Đọc bài viết này và bạn sẽ hiểu cách tốt nhất để định dạng bất kỳ thiết bị nào:Trước khi chúng ta bắt đầu, hãy đọc cái nàyNếu bạn cần hướng dẫn về cách định dạng thiết bị lưu trữ bằng máy tính Windows(Windows computer) , hãy đọc hướng dẫn này: Cách định dạng Thẻ SD(SD Card) , thẻ nhớ(USB memory) USB hoặc phân vùng trong Windows . Ngoài ra, nếu bạn cần các đặc điểm của từng hệ thống tệp(file system) , hãy đọc các hướng dẫn sau:FAT32 là gì và tại sao nó lại hữu ích?ExFAT là gì và tại sao nó lại hữu ích?NTFS là gì và tại sao nó hữu ích?So sánh tốc độ(Speed comparison) : FAT32 so với exFAT và NTFSChúng tôi muốn so sánh tốc độ(speed comparison) giữa ba hệ thống tệp, vì vậy chúng tôi đã lấy ba ổ đĩa flash khác nhau và chạy các điểm chuẩn tốc độ trên chúng: Kingston DataTraveler Elite G2 , Kingston DataTraveler microDuo 3C và IronKey D300 .Đầu tiên(First) , chúng tôi lấy Kingston DataTraveler Elite G2 , được định dạng bằng FAT32 , exFAT và NTFS(exFAT and NTFS) , và sau mỗi định dạng, chúng tôi chạy CrystalDiskMark để xem tốc độ mà nó đo

Như các tệp lớn vượt ra ngoài giới hạn của hệ thống tệp (file system)FAT32 . Ngoài ra, chúng dễ gặp sự cố sửa dữ liệu, nếu bạn đang sử dụng FAT32 hoặc exFAT(FAT32 or exFAT) và bạn ngắt kết nối chúng trong khi ghi dữ liệu. Do đó(Therefore) , lựa chọn tốt nhất của bạn là sử dụng NTFS . Nếu bạn đang sử dụng ổ cứng ngoài trên máy Mac(Mac) , tốt nhất nên sử dụng hệ thống tệp(file system) của Apple dành cho máy Mac(Macs) : HFS Plus .Làm thế nào để định dạng phân vùng đĩa cho HDD và SSD(HDDs and SSDs) ? Trả lời: sử dụng NTFS (trừ khi bạn đang sử dụng Linux hoặc Mac(Linux or Mac) )Nếu bạn đang nói về phân vùng trên ổ đĩa cứng hoặc ổ SSD(disk drive or SSD drive) của máy tính , thì NTFS nên luôn là lựa chọn mặc định(default choice) . Bạn không thể tận dụng tất cả các tính năng mà hệ điều hành(operating system) của bạn cung cấp trừ khi bạn đang sử dụng NTFS . Điều này áp dụng cho máy tính và thiết bị Windows . Đối với máy Mac(Macs) , hãy sử dụng HFS Plus , hệ thống tệp(file system) gốc do Apple phát triển . Đối với máy tính Linux , bạn nên sử dụng hệ thống tệp gốc như ext4 , được thiết kế riêng cho hệ điều hành(operating system) này .

From your mainboard vendor's web/ftp site.More info @ MSKB.Windows 98/98 SE/ME(E)IDE/ATAPI Driver for Hard Disks > 137 GB, also here.Back 2 ContentsexFATIn 2006 Microsoft introduced exFAT (ExtendedFile Allocation Table) file system for Windows XP/newer similar to FAT32/FAT32X, but without the flaws and limitations that plagued FAT32/FAT32X, and designed for USB flash drives, SSD flash drives, hybrid(HDD + SSD) drives and flash memory cards, cartridges + sticks, and compatible with hard disk drives (HDDs), solid state drives (SSDs) andPCIe NVMe RAM drives.Wikipedia: Comparison of flash memory cards.Wikipedia: exFAT.MSDN: File System Functionality Comparison.NTFS.com: exFATversus FAT32/FAT32X comparison.NTFS.com: FAT16/FAT32 versus NTFS versus exFAT comparison.Integral Memory: CARDS - Differences between FAT16, FAT32 and exFAT?Tech-Recipes: exFAT versus FAT32 versus NTFS.How-to Geek: What's the Difference betweenFAT32, exFAT and NTFS?MSKB: Default FAT16, FAT32, NTFS + exFAT cluster sizes.Advantages:largest disk size 512 TB(TeraBytes) (practical limit) or 128 PB (PetaBytes) (theoretical limit);largest file size 512 TB (TeraBytes) (practical limit) or 16 EB (ExaBytes) (theoretical limit);largest cluster size 32 MB;up to 2,796,202 files perdirectory;extensible directory structure and file name hashes;improved free space allocation and delete performance due to free space bitmaps;Access Control Lists (ACL) support;Transaction-Safe FAT File System(TFAT) support (Windows CE only);OEM definable custom file system parameters for specific (portable) devices.See technical specifications + requirements.Disadvantages:backward incompatible withDOS/MS-DOS/FreeDOS/DR-DOS/OpenDOS [DOS based OS users can installone of these real mode, unsupported drivers], Windows 95, 98, ME, NT and 2000 [Windows 2000 SP4+UR1 users can install this unofficial unsupported driver, which may ormay not work];no file system journaling support.STRONGLY RECOMMENDED:In case you are using USB/Thunderbolt/port, CF/CFx/SD/SDHC/SDXC/SDUC/Micro-SD/mini-SD/M2/MMC/MS/MSXC/XQD, Wi-Fi/Wireless/Bluetooth flash/memory/RAMcards, cartridges, drives, sticks, HDDs, SSDs, NVMes, etc storage devices/media formatted with the obsolete, flawed, limited FAT32 file system you should (re)format them with the superior exFAT that among other advantages provides universal support and compatibility for all digital computers/devices/electronics released for the past 15+years. This is why:MSKB:

Didn't mess up any files by checking the small and big ones. How to Recover Lost Data after Formatting NTFS Drive to exFAT?Formatting will delete all contents from the drive. But, the formatted data is not lost forever. Just stop writing new data to the drive, immediately find a data recovery program to scan the exFAT drive and find all lost files.Do Your Data Recovery is a powerful disk unformat software. It offers deep scan to ensure you can recover all lost files after formatting a HDD/USB Drive/SSD/Memory card.Step 1. Download and install Do Your Data Recovery on your computer, then launch it. Find the formatted drive and select it to start data recovery.Step 2. Click on Scan button to deeply scan the drive and find all recoverable files.Step 3. Once the scan is completed, you can preview all recoverable files. Then select the wanted files and save them. Conclusion:If you need your drive to work with multiple operating systems without problems, you can easily convert an NTFS drive to the exFAT. Some risks are involved in the process, but data loss is less likely if you plan, back up your data, and choose reliable tools. Following this guide, users can safely change their NTFS drives to exFAT without losing important data. It will make using multiple platforms easier in the long run. FAQs About Changing NTFS Drive to exFAT1. Why convert NTFS drive to exFAT?NTFS is a Windows-based file system and it is not compatible with other operating systems.