2012-03-24, 04:24
I have pretty much always stuck with NTFS format when setting up hard drives...but recently (after discovering that windows 8 not only supports but can easily format hard drives into exFAT) I am beginning to like exFAT more and more than NTFS...It is really helpful for my 2.5 in. 500 GB external drive which I use to transfer all types of files between all types of systems...I noticed that that my spare 8 GB SDHC (which, when formatted in FAT32, could only have 4 GBs dedicated to ready boost) could now be fully dedicated to have all 8 GBs dedicated to flash memory...I am liking this new format so much I'm thinking about reformatting my 4 TB raid-0 array that I use to store all of my XBMC media into exFAT...I'm wondering what everyone thinks about the conversion from NTFS to exFAT for all of my precious media files? I have heard that FAT formats weren't as secure as NTFS...but that may have been before the introduction of exFAT compatibility on windows 8.
