USB Flash Drive Comparison Part 2 — FAT32 Vs. NTFS 198
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."
No JFFS2? (Score:4, Insightful)
Re:Great (Score:5, Insightful)
What about ext2 and other filesystems then?
Re:Don't install your OS on FAT32... (Score:2, Insightful)
Permissions on XP are screwed and hurt more than they help. Being unable to delete/move some files even as Administrator in single user mode is bullshit.
What year is this from? (Score:1, Insightful)
Yay, we have an answer to which of these two obsolete legacy fs works best with this modern hardware. But you left out Amiga FFS and MacOS HFS.
Funny there's no mention of ext4 and reiser3 and xfs.
Re:Choose NTFS for the life of your drive (Score:1, Insightful)
Why worry about wear leveling? When's the last time you ran out of ink in a ballpoint pen before you lost it?