USB Flash Drive Comparison Part 2 — FAT32 Vs. NTFS

Dampeal writes "Ok, a little while back I ran a somewhat large USB Flash Drive Comparison with 21 drives compared, today I got part two of that comparison. I've taken the 8gig and 4 gig drives, nine in total, and formatted them FAT32, NTFS and ExFAT and ran all of the tests over again for a comparison of how the file systems work on the drives." Good news — after some exhaustively graphed testing scenarios, the author comes to a nice conclusion for lazy people, writing "[I]n my opinion the all around best choice is FAT32, or the default for most all USB drives out there today, it seems to give us the best average performance overall."

Re:Great

[longhairedgnome]

Wow, who would have thought that the manufacturers would have chosen the best option?

Re:Great

[Anonymous Coward]

I'm too lazy to even care.

Question

[oldspewey]

If I format one of these with ReiserFS, am I still okay to take it through airport security?

Re:NTFS patten?

[gEvil (beta)]

No, I think he meant "Patton". Having Patton on me is the last thing I'd want.

Re:Question

[the_humeister]

Better question: Will the USB drive die faster with ReiserFS?

Re:Great

[Anonymous Coward]

I'm too lazy to even care.

Morla, is that you?

Re:NTFS patten?

[Joe Snipe]

He did, unfortunately there is a patten on that word.

Re:Size matters

[coolsnowmen]

Did he run tests with 16GB files?

...
More importantly, he couldn't use a 16GB file, since
FAT32 doesn't support single files over 4GB.

And because 4GB drives don't support files over 4GB.

Re:Great

[geminidomino]

Wow... Neverending Story reference on Slashdot?

Way to make me feel old, asshole. ;)

Re:NTFS patten?

[QuasiEvil]

You clearly mean treadmark. Which may have been left by a Patton, if he ran over your flash drive with his Jeep.

Re:Question

[Fred_A]

You might have trouble finding your files on ReiserFS.

Nah, you just have to dig around a bit in the directories. They're rarely very far from where you last saw them.

Re:Question

[morgan_greywolf]

Another Linux-related question: If I format the USB drive with ReiserFS, am I restricted to using it only in a chroot jail?

Re:Great

[Hucko]

Thus Microsoft has the perfect way to EOF XP... Support UDF, Microsoft! It will force people to upgrade! s/force/encourage