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Microsoft boosts Windows’ FAT32 partition size limit after nearly three decades (www.engadget.com)
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[–] jonne@infosec.pub 14 points 3 months ago (1 children)

I personally haven't had to touch it in over a decade, but I guess there's probably some uses for it still, yeah.

[–] Peffse@lemmy.world 43 points 3 months ago (3 children)

Personal computers and flagship phones? Yeah you can probably use exFAT.

Video game consoles and handhelds? Dashcams? Car entertainment centers? Cheap android devices? 100% going to be FAT32 partitioned with a Master Boot Record

[–] Dhs92@programming.dev 9 points 3 months ago (2 children)

Low end motherboard BIOS flashing

[–] Telodzrum@lemmy.world 6 points 3 months ago

I just flashed my mobo last night and it wanted a fat32 fs. It’s not low-end at all.

[–] AnUnusualRelic@lemmy.world 1 points 3 months ago (1 children)

You think high end motherboards are going to flash from XFS?

[–] Dhs92@programming.dev 2 points 3 months ago

I've seen a few that can read ExFAT

[–] AlligatorBlizzard@sh.itjust.works 3 points 3 months ago

Yup, I had to download a program to format my 64Gb micro SD card for my 3ds last year.

[–] amanda@aggregatet.org 2 points 3 months ago

I needed it for a printer the other day!