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#23460

meanwhile @Michael:
i_have_made_fire

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#23461

Hmmā€¦ Got invited to be in the Anthem closed alphaā€¦
ā€¦ when I work lol. Rip.
Not that Iā€™m interested in the first place as itā€™s EA but closed alphas are neat so meh.

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#23462

Does it matter that my new HDDs are formatted with exFAT instead of NTFS? Just noticed.

#23463

Not really, exFAT was intentied to get over the limtations of FAT32 while keeping good comapbitlity and fairly lightweight too. There arenā€™t really any downsides to using it over NTFS iirc.

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#23464

I read that compared to exFAT, NTFS has some nice features and that it should be used for int. HDDs. Just donā€™t know if I really need them.

#23465

NTFS seems to have much greater compatibility.

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#23466

ye that is true but what I read is that OSX doesnā€™t have write support for NTFS and does for exFAT and has support for most other devices today such as game consoles, phones and such whereas NTFS isnā€™t a present. I mean for internal sysetms it fine but not embedded so much.

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#23467

What does that mean for an actual use case?

#23468

Everything is probably gonna go ext once windows adds support. (If they do)

Also our smart TV supports NTFS but not exfat

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#23469

usescase is it works for smartphones, cameras and games consoles to transfer files and NTFS at present doesnā€™t work on those platforms.

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#23470

I really hope they do have support for ext because it would make my life a lot easier to get over the mess that is NTFS on Windows and have a better supported filesystem.

Intersting, maybe an outlayer? havenā€™t tested my smart tv to see if it works with thoses.

#23471

Isnā€™t that the standard?
Until now I was under the impression that thereā€™s the choice between NTFS and FAT32 for Windows (int. vs ext. storage), and exFAT being kind of an esoteric choice for special use cases.

#23472

ye theres also ReFS which is Microsofts answer to ZFS/BTRFS but from what I understand it is still mostly built on top of what NTFS which is a whole other thing.

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#23473

So, to sum it up: not a big deal if exFAT or NTFS unless it needs to be used with both Windows and OSX?

Hmā€¦my paranoia tells me to move the files and format anyway. just to be sure.

I get the impression that Linux is much more advanced when it comes to file systems.

#23474

Its like rusty tin can vs silver plate lol

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#23475

The rust in the tin can gives it a nice rustic flavorā€¦and tetanus.

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#23476

Meanwhile the silver gives you Argyria.

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#23477

Sounds exotic.

#23478

The final piece of EAā€™s plan to completely ruin Bioware

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#23479

i thought they already managed todo that

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