Microsoft licenses exFAT file system to Sony, others

User Comments: 8

1. December 10, 2009 7:33 PM
   

   treeski said:

   How will this affect future consume products?

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2. December 10, 2009 11:22 PM
   poundsmack said:

   it will affect future consumer products just like every other FAT upgrade. as storage capacities increase so does the need for a file system to facilitate it. the thing that worries me is that Apple said they would not support exFAT. But apple is a prideful company, though they will cave since virtually every single vendor that creates flash based devices is migrating to exFAT.

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3. December 11, 2009 12:02 AM
   Guest said:

   Don't forget the real benefit of exFAT:

   Support for files > 4GB

   Makes ReadyBoost extremely usable with an 8GB SDHC.

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4. December 11, 2009 2:18 AM
   Guest said:

   That doesn't sound right FAT32 supports up to 2TB Volumes not 32GB.

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5. December 11, 2009 2:34 AM
   kimsland, Ex-TechSpotter, said:

   You're right

   http://support.microsoft.com/kb/154997

   FAT32 supports drives up to 2 terabytes in size.

   NOTE: Microsoft Windows 2000 only supports FAT32 partitions up to a size of 32 GB.

   I wonder if Mathew made a mistake there?

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6. December 11, 2009 2:50 AM
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   Matthew, TechSpot Staff, said:

   Yep, a thoughtless mistake. I believe I misinterpreted information provided in the press release. Anyhow, I corrected it in the article -- thanks for pointing it out.

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7. December 11, 2009 7:28 AM
   

   compdata, TechSpot Paladin, said:

   Interesting to see the price that MS is charging for this. I guess in the grand scheme that isn't that much if you are going to sell 100s of thousands of devices.

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8. December 13, 2009 1:43 AM
   Guest said:

   For the record: exFAT drivers for XP SP2/SP3, XP-64, Server 2003/Server 2003-64 here

   http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=955704

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