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[tyuno123]

On micro SD's I understand that there are a few formats and i was wondering whats are the differences of FAT , FAT 32 and FAT 16

 

[DeMoN]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File_Allocation_Table

 

[tyuno123]

I
Still
Don't
Get
It

 

[Slowking]

Then
read
the
wikipedia
article
again.
Don't
expect
to
be
spoon
fed!

 

[tyuno123]

Sorry for the stupid post Moderator

 

[carterman]

Well clearly, FAT32 is fatter than FAT16.

 

[Vuzrak]

To put it simply if the card is 2gb or less use FAT16, if it's larger then that use FAT32.

 

[tyuno123]

Thanks guys now i kinda understand but if FAT32 is better than FAT16 then why do I have to use FAT 16 on a MicroSD thats 2GB or less ?

 

[Zanonymous]

Thanks guys now i kinda understand but if FAT32 is better than FAT16 then why do I have to use FAT 16 on a MicroSD thats 2GB or less ?

FAT32 is more complex, hey just do it, that's what I do. Probably has something with SDHC only being compatible with more complex formatting.

 

[paul3100]

FAT32 is more complex, hey just do it, that's what I do. Probably has something with SDHC only being compatible with more complex formatting.

pretty much lol

Under 2 gigs then use fat 16 as it putes the data into smaller chunkes and is more suited for the small memory , where as fat32 places the data in larger chunkes to be read and is quicker than using fat16's smaller cluster.

if you got any of that then good :-)

paul

 

[tyuno123]

Thanks everyone you've all been of great help

 

[NeSchn]

I have never formatted any of my microSD and they have all worked fine.