Difference Between FAT32, exFAT and NTFS

Going over the difference between FAT32, exFAT and NTFS in less than 5 minutes. These file systems provide a way to organize an internal or external drive.
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[@epifaniocortez]

Great clear explanation without taking so much of our time. You deserve a 5 star review.

[@hbibrahim8849]

at 2:54 the pop up to early covering the info. other than that, its good!

[@Raylightsen]

Simple and clean. KZbinrs must learn how to be straight to the point like this guy. Well done.

[@carlosxramirez]

Your video was the shortest, so I went with yours. I was definitely not let down. Straight to the point! I love it.

[@jasinZ28]

Dude thanks for this video, helped out tremendously. Good work man!

[@ultimatedon100]

This video was amazing, found answers which many videos did not mention. Not to mention the way you presented and explained it was exceptional. Keep up the good work!

[@nature-agt3725]

Thanks for the explanation. It is very helpful!

[@AlbertoLopez-lj8te]

Great info! quick and to the pint. Thank you so much, Sir!

[@michaelalfons4418]

Thanks for the video that was helpful now I have a question Which flash disc format will work best with a multi media recorder in other words which flash disk format a multimedia recorder can write on ?

[@user-pr3fh8xx4s]

Killer vid! Exactly what i was looking in just a few minutes.. ily

[@alfa-zulu-az]

Fast and Useful. Thank you!

[@CT9905.]

Great and simple information, now I know and knowing is half the battle.

[@geovanivela6733]

Hello BTNHD i have an external HD that i am about to format(1TB). I want to use it for storing 4K videos and pictures from Gopro Hero8. What format should i use for this type of files? I will appreciate if your help.

[@hoshen26]

Thank you so much, clear, sharp, short

[@st.michaelthearchangel7774]

Very informative. Thanks!

[@jks091]

Hello Sir, best format for media playing on Led tv exFat or NTFS usbs ??

[@sivasankari4629]

thanks for your details

[@premier69]

I am using NTFS on one drive here on my linux rig, full read / write

[@abdullahalrazi5532]

nice explaination. I liked it. Thanks bro

[@mosama22]

Thank you so much man for the beautiful video :-) Just one thing to add please, if you gonna use your removable drive e.g. SD or Micro SD card for a camera or a dash cam, it is highly recommended to format it through the device itself that it will be most used for (even if you gonna connect it to your laptop or desktop sometimes) this enhances its speed & durability a lot, and despite FAT32 is the oldest, most of the most recent devices (cams....etc) prefer only FAT32 & won't allow you to do any other format through the device, & really I don't know why?!. Again thank you so much man for your beautiful videos :-)

[@ALT7X]

Straight to the point! Thanks!!

[@UrLocalEggy]

Thank you so much for explaining

[@babiboib7]

+BTNHD Awesome video and info!! you sir are on it, thanks for the info👍

[@bjtechnewshd]

thank you :)

[@babiboib7]

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[@user-bq9qd5rh9e]

very helpful dude thanks .

[@reggiem1668]

Very helpful. Thanks!

[@sudhanshuranjan2561]

Is exFAT is benefit for storing 1 tb file..

[@rithmedia141]

I use expat but sometime it can't connect to window and Mac., so I don't know how to solve the problem

[@Patienze]

great video. thank you!

[@salvadorroldan9419]

thanks for the knowledge sir...

[@joecuevas1050]

i did this an copied my files since i changed the format when i give it to someone else will it open up so they can view the files on it or will they have to change the format on there computer to

[@Social_Brat]

you didn't mention the disadvantages! so which one is better?

[@maherosa]

which is the best for a car?

[@MannyMrKickxx]

If im re formatting an external drive to a ps4 should I use exfat?

[@kristihart7687]

very helpful. thank you

[@christhedrummer]

Hello, does exFAT flash drive read on android smart tv?

[@RBASB10]

Hi, Do you have any idea just how good you and your channel are?

[@teamragebbb5927]

Im trying to format it on my xbox by computer and how can you tell if you have one of them or format it on a computer

[@elannavideoproduction2016]

that is graet helpfull video. thank so much

[@adid2605]

What if i have a otg ( usb and a micro usb) usb (fat32) and i want to format it to ntfs will it affect its connectability for my phone if i return it to its normal format(fat32)

[@leifsolbrig332]

is there a way to change the file system on a hard drive from FAT32 to NTFS?

[@akhilnair2402]

Does ex fat work on both Mac and windows without limitations?

[@peterjones242]

To the point. Love it.

[@joshuanainggie2790]

I format my disk"format fs=ntfs " in partition 475914 mbs to install windows 10 OS , and how long it takes? to format it because it was stuck on 7 percent complete, any advise please thank you

[@r_starchild2157]

Helped a bunch. My external hd for my xbox stopped being read and booted one day. Plugged it to my computer and formatted to exfat and she started working and holding games again

[@TroyDuran]

Thanks very much man!

[@mindfulclarity169]

And is exfat as compatible as fat 32 for all computers or is it more selective like ntfs?

[@kimberlyanne7299]

tight man, thx for this.

[@SeanMichaelConway]

Very clear, I'm listening while my teacher spend an hour and counting on the subject

[@bjtechnewshd]

Yeah, but the teacher is breaking it down further for you to get more out of it :).

[@NoobMaster-vk1mr]

Sean Michael Conway that sounds like an awesome class to take, I would love to have an in-depth explanation on this subject

[@gihaanferdinandis5294]

do we have any method to convert exFAt default USB drive into FAT32 default???

[@BMakk205]

What should I format my 4tb ssd if I'm using it to store my music library? [Windows]

[@DalmationProductions]

That explains why I'm getting that error message for the flash drive it is on FAT32 instead of on the required NTFS this is something that people need to do when they want to go over 4GBs

[@karimkopra]

soo... what the exFAT again ?

[@DalmationProductions]

@@karimkopra successor for FAT32 introduced in 2006

[@karimkopra]

so it should be better for usb not NTFS ur talking about the 4gb limit problem and its fixed in the exfat ! so why u choose ntfs ? and not exfat for ur usb !?

[@DalmationProductions]

@@karimkopra Otherwise The usb flash drive would not let Windows 10 install It'll just confused the C: drive

[@RamytRamyt]

Great video minus the part where the two smaller windows covers up part of the text at the end. Maybe fix that?

[@Mspr2001]

what system format for carte sd 256 go ????

[@WRCfan88]

helpful. thx!

[@haseebAhmad-pd4fp]

How to use external 4tb hard drive in Android smartphones in have Samsung Galaxy c5

[@NoobMaster-vk1mr]

Exfat is used by sd cards, right?

[@melanietacud1376]

Why do I need to do to make my USB exFat work on Tv, stereo? Thanks

[@killuazoldick7470]

Thanks Bro!

[@klodgta2003]

also what is btfrs?

[@cyvidal10]

so which is better. NTFS or exFAT?

[@surinderchandel6982]

Which i use to make bootable usb for uvuntu iso

[@rgh267]

Excellent.

[@MEWOVER9000]

I love this dude's aesthetic

[@12Tsurugi]

Quick disclaimer: with a package named "ntfs-3g", you can write on NTFS partitions on Linux. But it is true that linux can't write on this filesystem without it, probably due to licensing

[@mgord9518]

Luckily this is changing very soon, Linux will soon have a kernel level NTFS driver by default with full read and write abilities.

[@Brandnewflix]

Is there a way to change fat32 to exfat

[@soseikiharagatatsu7859]

Thanks man

[@earltontabut24]

What happened of i format an exfat hdd to ntfs..

[@hanybaby5699]

I want know the maximum partition fat16 is 2or 4gb most web say 2gb but when try it found 4gb

[@sunny19886]

Isn’t rfts also a file system?

[@GG_on_wheels]

I'm going on holiday soon and I bought myself a Kingston USB drive with exfat file format I just want to know where it work with TVs

[@aero8893]

Anywhere

[@iammarketplace]

Thanks

[@itsaj2109]

Thanks Bro 😘

[@kmmed2326]

Best with windows 10 bootable?

[@mallows9779]

I just recently formatted my micro sd card on windows with the command prompt and I don't know what file system I should use. Any help?

[@aero8893]

exFAT

[@agalizamatos]

Gostei.. Muito bom o vídeo.. Continuem assim...

[@jeffrivera6]

can anyone help me, i used an external hard drive for my ps4, now im reformatting that drive using my laptop so that it could work again on my tv..but the tv cant recognize that hard drive no matter what format i do..the only choices it has are NTFS and exfat, no fat32..what should i do? thanks!!

[@dimitrz2000]

should we use exfat or NTFS for our external HDD ?

[@gdawwg1125]

If windows only NTFS

[@Aslamkaztro]

You are my hero

[@zkyundlingsdw0214]

Which one is better? NTFS? exFAT? or FAT32?

[@sudonick]

1:20 I've never had any issue with read AND write with any Linux distribution with an NTFS filesystem... Mac on the other hand, I find worthless in every way lol.

[@4picashow418]

If fat32 has 4GB limit copy per file how many GB can exfat copy per file? What's the limit for exfat?

[@ashdoglsu]

Whats best for audiobooks on external HD ?

[@aero8893]

exFAT

[@waynezahra9213]

wow i am 4+ years late but... Thank you kindly. Straght to the point.

[@kaz746]

How about the other parameters, 16, 32, and 64-kilo octets .

[@mahmudurrahman6119]

Is there any difference between exfat and ntfs on file transfer speed?

[@ShadowriverUB]

no, but FAT32 and exFAT dont have auto defragmentation features, and fragmentation may cause performance degradation aspecially on mechanical drive

[@lgc_wasi736]

Brother my question is that"can exFAT format support andriod using 16 GB SD card"

[@ShadowriverUB]

its better to use ext4 that phone formats due to patent issues not all android phones support exFAT

[@claudioromantiko684]

What is the maximum limit for copying on exfat format?

[@sheltonpicardo2161]

Unlimited

[@Athena_Light]

ty

[@mrg466]

Great video, my only issue, ..you data instead of data!

[@benjoquinajon9567]

can windows read exfat formatted disks? Thanks!

[@ShadowriverUB]

yes newer once, its microsoft patented file system, the patent is number one reason why adaptation of exFAT is so limited.

[@matycee]

SO WAIT!!! Not entirely clear, for me at least... you hurried through the end about ExFat. It's readable on BOTH Windows AND Mac..? Is that correct? I must know.. Thank you.

[@ShadowriverUB]

yes its even patented by microsoft which cause issue with adaptation

[@hazemmamdouh5572]

(flash this is no longer located in verify the item's location and try again) this phrase appear while copying files in the flash what's the problem

[@hazemmamdouh5572]

error 0x80070037

[@mystictheninja1486]

got a drive and copied my drive to it. It shows that 2 TB has been used, which is correct, but when I open the drive all the folders are empty. If I highlight everything it copied and put properties, only 56GB of data is on the drive but if I select the drive and put properties it says 2TB has been used. Where is all the other data and why are all the folders in the drive empty?

[@utubetommy]

You never mentioned the maximum file size that exFAT can handle. What is the file size limit?

[@jsebean]

You'll never hit it as there is not a drive in this world that could reach the filesize limit of exfat ;)

[@hariomparajapati4900]

Please Define File Allocation different in minimum 4k vs maximum 64k which is best

[@kknithin]

If you want to store big files then go with higher allocation unit size because with smaller allocation size, the big file writing and reading will be more time consuming

[@mgord9518]

Not necessarily the best, if you have many (10s-100s of thousands) small files, larger file allocation will take up significantly more space. It depends on use case

[@lerryannejoyRamos]

Hi! My external hard drive is in NTFS format and when I used it on the TV folders are empty. Will it fix it if I use fat32 instead?

[@y2ar]

Yes.

[@tristanjayvirtudazo2268]

I know that you're not into mobile phones but i kinda like asking you this question. Why is my phone doesn't read the usb otg when the overall size of the files exceeds 3 gb? And by the way the usb format is exFAT . Do i need it to change the format to NTSF ?because there are only two options tho. I would really appreciate your answer.

[@bjtechnewshd]

how you know I’m not into mobile phone lol. Are you a subscriber? Oh well, what type of phone are we talking about? Android or iPhone? model too please?

[@tristanjayvirtudazo2268]

@@bjtechnewshd oh yeah i can tell lol. And yes i am a subscriber. It's an android, Vivo y11.

[@bjtechnewshd]

​@@tristanjayvirtudazo2268 Android operating system can natively recognize and access FAT32 and EXT4 formatted disk types. Thus if you have an empty external hard drive that you want to use with your Android phone or tablet, you will need to format the drive with a FAT32 or EXT4. If you have data in it back it up first before formatting it.

[@tristanjayvirtudazo2268]

@@bjtechnewshd I have two options to choose from when formating the drive and those are NTFS and exFAT. Although exFAT readable, the only problem is it stop reading when i store files that reach hundreds of gb. And it doesn't even show up when i plug it in, well it does light up like it's being attached and read.

[@bjtechnewshd]

@@tristanjayvirtudazo2268 hmmm.. if your inserting this drive into a Windows environment to prep it up for a Android environment you should be able to format it as a FAT32 giving you a file size limitation of 4GBs. EXT4 is normally within a Linux OS, but can done with third-party utilities (I don't have any to recommend). The command prompt command is Format /FS:FAT32 D: (D: should be the drive's letter) but within Windows you should be able to pick FAT32. Hope this help. Best of luck.

[@stpaulsmathrsecschoolkvp621]

HALLO....EVERY GOOD MORNING.....I AM USING MAC AND WINDOWS........MY HARD DISK FORMAT IS EXFAT32....ITS NOT READING CERTAIN WINDOWS..DO YOU KNOW Y?????????

[@muhammadtalhakhan268]

In three of these which is fastest in terms of copy and paste the items

[@firstvideo6339]

very good question, I am also in search of the answer for the same question.

[@evewhitefox4901]

Thank you.

[@bjtechnewshd]

You're welcome!