11/24/2014

What file system is fit for USB drive?


What operating system read and write different file systems natively?


Windows XP
Windows 7/8/10/Vista
Mac OS Leopard
Mac OS X (10.6.5 and later)
Ubuntu Linux
NTFS(Windows)
Yes
Yes
Read Only
Read Only
Yes
FAT32 (DOS, Windows)
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
exFAT (Windows)
Yes
Yes
No
Yes
Yes,with ExFat packages
HFS+ (Mac OS)
No
Sorta (read-only with Bootcamp)
Yes
Yes
Yes
EXT2, 3, 4 (Linux)
No
Yes (with third-party software)
No
No
Yes


File and volume size limit
Individual File Size Limit
Single Volume Size Limit
NTFS
Greater than commercially available drives
Huge (16EB)
FAT32
Less than 4GB
Less than 8TB
exFAT
Greater than commercially available drives
Huge (64 ZB)
HFS+
Greater than commercially
available drives
Huge (8 EB)
EXT2, 3
16GB
Large (32 TB)
EXT4
1 EB
16 TB



Source, and read more: How-To Geek

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