Hacking Fat/Fat32, does it matter?

[Omgwtfisthat]

Mine is formatted in fat, and has no problems. Should I format it to fat32?

 

[Opium]

fat32 has the advantage of long filenames and such. You probably wont experience any difference but I still recommend formatting to fat32. Up to you.

 

[twit21]

Make a more educated decision with a little research:

FAT vs. FAT32.

 

[Omgwtfisthat]

Thanks you guys

 

[helpme]

i always use FAT with 64k clusters because of the speed boost it gives you

 

[Omgwtfisthat]

I don't really understand any of this stuff, I just wanna know which is better for DSTT xD

 

[cruddybuddy]

I think most people who are fat and 32 years old play a lot of World of Warcraft.

 

[azotyp]

When sdhc cards are formated in fat they work faster (checken it and it is true).

 

[rdurbin]

if most of your files are big (commerical roms), you should use FAT. If you use lots of small files you should use fat32 (like homebrew)

 

[ZAFDeltaForce]

FAT16, 64KB clusters.

 

[Omgwtfisthat]

Oh I forgot to mention I'm using a 2gb MicroSD, so I can't format to FAT16

 

[helpme]

Oh I forgot to mention I'm using a 2gb MicroSD, so I can't format to FAT16

YES you can

 

[Omgwtfisthat]

No, actually no I can't. Well not with windows.

 

[azotyp]

yes you can via command line

you just write in command line

format g: /FS:FAT

g is the letter of your flash drive it could be other than g
I formatted my 4 gb sdhc card with that command

 

[Omgwtfisthat]

format g: /FS:FAT
FAT? I can format to FAT, but not FAT16

Anyway I think I'll keep it as FAT, thanks for contributing people

 

[helpme]

Go to: Start -> Run -> diskmgmt.msc

Select your SD card and right-click "Format"

* Volume Label: Whatever you like
* File System: FAT
* Allocation unit size: Default or 64k

 

[twit21]

Just going to point out that FAT16 has a finite number of files that can be stored in the root directory of its file structure - 512 files (less if you use long file names). That's a lot of files, but I'm pointing it out because the DSTT supports up to a 4TB SDHC card. It's conceivable (however unlikely) that you may run into this problem at some future date.

It bit me in the ass when I was trying to load my wife's digital photo frame up for her. We have some 1000+ pictures of our cats and daughter, but the old frame would only read FAT16. A half hour of research turned up the above link, which is why I applied my two bits to this thread.

 

[Omgwtfisthat]

Thanks for the tip twit (wow, 1000 photos)

and helpme, yep I formatted it to FAT with default allocation size

 

[helpme]

but I'm pointing it out because the DSTT supports up to a 4TB SDHC card

how do you format a SDHC card to FAT16 i thought they were just FAT32 cause FAT16 has a 4GB limit??

 

[FrozenOne23]

but I'm pointing it out because the DSTT supports up to a 4TB SDHC card

how do you format a SDHC card to FAT16 i thought they were just FAT32 cause FAT16 has a 4GB limit??

Yea that's what I tought too?