Windows 11 beschleunigt den Speicher und hebt die 32-GB-FAT32-Grenze nach 3 Jahrzehnten auf
https://www.extremetech.com/computing/windows-11-speeds-up-storage-lifts-32gb-fat32-limit-after-3-decades
Windows 11 beschleunigt den Speicher und hebt die 32-GB-FAT32-Grenze nach 3 Jahrzehnten auf
https://www.extremetech.com/computing/windows-11-speeds-up-storage-lifts-32gb-fat32-limit-after-3-decades
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I thought every other modern OS already does that. Oh well.
I didn’t know they could just lift the 32GB limit… I always thought it was some kind of mathematical limitation.
No real good reason to use fat32 except if you have some old jank devices that support only this format…
Just rename it FATTER32.
Why is this relevant? Who is using FAT32 in 2026?
Sounds like they could have done this years ago and simply did not care to do so.
Okay nice, but now at all I prefer Ubuntu sorry Windows.
All that, and their ecosystem is still flaming hot garbage.
Now that you format a partition with Fat32 and greater than 32gb, what would happen if you use older disk tools or utilities from win 10 or older os or corresponding installation media? Seems very risky to me…
Older chkdsk could mess up your partition…
Is there any reason to use FAT32 vs exFAT now?
So we suffered all those years because of some arbitrary limit ?
I don’t remember if it was in the Vista, 7, or 8 transition but I remember you actually *used* to be able to format drives larger than 32GB as FAT32 in Windows. Then Microsoft restricted it in their infinite wisdom to try and force adoption of either NTFS or exFAT (both of which still containing patented technology). For the longest time though if you manually partitioned with diskpart on Windows you could still make a FAT32 drive of any size you wanted… or you could just format it on a Linux box and bring it over.
Thank goodness! I was so tired of having to use rufus to do this.
Umm, thanks Microslop?
How do they speeds up storage by lifting size limit? 😀
These stupid headlines.
install gentoo
Lmao I’m so glad after I got my 1gb of ram bullshit vista HP laptop I saved for 4 years to buy an iMac. And it got me through college:)
this fat32 change is cool but honestly it is about thirty years too late for me. i am tired of microsoft finally adding basic features while the rest of the os stays bloated and slow. i gave up on the constant 11 bugs and just upgraded to 10 from logkeys. com via instead last month. the storage management feels way more snappy there without waiting for insider builds to fix things.
Windows can go away now. I hope to see the trend of Linux adoption continue. It benefits everyone.
Cool. It’s only 1 decade to late for me. I already switched to Linux, and have 0 intent to switch back to Microslop windows. But if they get rid of the spyware, stupid arbitrary 10 to 11 „upgrade“ requirements, forced mandatory AI slop functions, and stabilize the OS so it won’t randomly crash if you look at it funny or dare to install system updates, then MAYBE some of my friends who are planing to join me on Linux in the near future might stick to windows… key word: might.
Is the 2TB FAT32 usable on legacy OSs that supports FAT32?Â
Honestly the only reason i see to use FAT32 is to be backwards compatible with older/very basic systems. Would they support reading the 2TB limit?Â
Headline is pretty misleading IMO. ‘Speeds up storage’ suggests to me some sort of optimisation to the storage itself – like, getting rid of some overhead or something for faster drive access. Not just a UI change to the storage management interface to make *that* faster – a useful change, sure, but one with far more specific benefit than the headline implies.