Ntfs vs exfat, keeping it as NTFS and using the Paragon driver? The default allocation unit (cluster) size in exFAT is much larger than the default allocation unit size in NTFS. exFAT has a much larger per-cluster overhead than NTFS: 65 times larger, in fact, because NTFS just has one bit per cluster for the free space bitmap, while exFAT has one bit in the bitmap plus 4 bytes in each of two FATs. It's in most ways inferior to Aug 5, 2020 · I have a 5TB external drive with about 200GB of data in it. I want to convert it from exFAT to NTFS but without losing its contents. This Dec 2, 2016 · I don't know who at Microsoft decided that the default exFAT cluster size should be so large, or why, but I'll speculate. After many years of using ntfs formatted disks (except mac internal hd - and my backup external hard May 12, 2010 · NTFS via Paragon If I could follow up, for an external hard drive that is already formatted as NTFS, what would be faster: formatting/using it as exFAT v. So I wonder what exactly do you plan to gain from formatting that drive with exFAT. NTFS on flash memory has been known to be inefficient for quite some time. . Since you're basically contemplating NTFS vs. exFAT is primarily meant for smaller volumes and slower devices where the space and complexity overhead of NTFS is an issue. Currently I have no way to backup the data on the drive, so I ne Nov 28, 2016 · I would like to have here a good discussion for using exFAT vs NTFS on mac. From exFAT Versus FAT32 Versus NTFS However, exFAT should be a true competitor to NTFS on systems with limited processing power and memory. Apr 4, 2017 · Situation: I need a filesystem on thumbdrives that can be used across Windows and Linux. Because allocation of storage must occur in whole clusters, a file that is not a multiple of the cluster size will result in wasted space on the storage device. Problem: By default, the common FS between Windows and Linux are just exFAT and NTFS (at least in the more u Jan 13, 2013 · FAT/FAT32/exFAT have small accuracy file's date & time - archiving files may overwrite because of file's time when copied from NTFS or ext4 Ext4 is only writable on Linux, on Windows not (for now, directly) NTFS in comparison to FAT/exFAT have small MFT, the latter may take tons of space for MFT (FAT table, depending on the cluster size) May 5, 2011 · With NTFS-3G or another NTFS driver installed, virtually every Mac can read and write NTFS. As you've noted in your question, exFAT defaults to 256KB, but NTFS defaults to 4KB for volumes larger than 2 GB. We live in a 'windows' world, so cross-platform compatibility for our usb flash disks and hard disk, is essential. It is easy to conceive of a situation where you will not have access to mission-critical files on an exFAT drive. exFAT’s smaller footprint/overhead makes it ideal for this purpose. exFAT, easy support for other operating systems doesn't seem to be a concern. I'd suggest staying with NTFS. From exFAT Versus FAT32 Versus NTFS However, exFAT should be a true competitor to NTFS on systems with limited processing power and memory.


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