FAT variants like FAT12, FAT32 and exFAT continue to connect vintage machines and modern devices with compatibility.

Yesterday, Microsoft sent out a new preview version of Windows 11 to Windows Insiders, and it holds an interesting change: the max size limit on FAT32 partitions is being bumped up to 2TB. FAT32 is a ...

The Windows team said in a blog post on Thursday: "When formatting disks from the command line using the format command, we've increased the FAT32 size limit from 32GB to 2TB". The limit is only being ...

A rundown of your options and the pros and cons of each.

When you purchase a new storage drive, it may tell you it needs reformatting, but which format is best? The main options for removable drives and memory cards these days are FAT32, exFAT, and NTFS, ...

Microsoft has announced an upcoming change to the FAT32 file format in the latest Windows 11 Insider Preview Build 27686. The company is increasing the maximum partition size for FAT32 volumes from ...

Microsoft has released new test builds for Windows Insiders that include a significant change. After many decades and extensive preparatory work, Windows is removing a long-time storage limit for ...

The first file system to be used in a Microsoft operating system was the FAT system, which uses a file allocation table. This table is an index that creates a list of disk contents to record the ...

FAT is Fattening: Some of Microsoft's technical decisions in Windows originated from arbitrary or outdated constraints, many of which could now be removed with relative ease. Case in point: the FAT32 ...

Microsoft righted an age-old "wrong" (at least for those who geek out on disk formatting) earlier this week. With its latest Windows 11 Insider Canary Preview Build (via The Verge), the company ...

The FAT32 size limit is moving from 32GB to 2TB in the latest Windows 11 builds. The FAT32 size limit is moving from 32GB to 2TB in the latest Windows 11 builds. is a senior correspondent and author ...

In brief: It's taken nearly three decades but Microsoft is finally increasing the FAT32 size limit. The long overdue change isn't widespread just yet – it's only available to Windows 11 insiders using ...