Why should I use exFAT over NTFS on removable media?

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00:00 Question
00:41 Accepted answer (Score 92)
04:46 Answer 2 (Score 32)
05:57 Answer 3 (Score 29)
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Full question
https://superuser.com/questions/257646/w...

Accepted answer links:
[XP work with exFAT]: http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/en/de...
[corrupting your data just like with NTFS]: https://superuser.com/questions/260752/l...
[Wikipedia]: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ExFAT
[Alternate Data Streams]: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NTFS#Altern...
[File Compression]: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NTFS#File_c...
[Journaling]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NTFS#Journ...
[exFAT Versus FAT32 Versus NTFS]: http://www.tech-recipes.com/rx/2801/exfa.../

Answer 2 links:
[Source]: https://www.digitalcitizen.life/what-is-...

Answer 3 links:
[Encrypting File System]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Encrypting...
[no way to tell Windows to automatically decrypt a file when it's copied to an external disk]: https://superuser.com/questions/188119/h...

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#ntfs #storage #exfat #externaldrive

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