USB Flash Drive Formats
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You can Partition and Format a USB Flash Drive with Linux, Macintosh OSX, and Microsoft Windows among other operating systems, as we have mentioned the three most popular. The USB Flash Drive, or Pen Drive is a type of Solid State Removable Storage. Often Windows users consider NTFS or exFAT on Flash Drive while Mac and Linux users consider other formats.
Contents
Operating System Considerations
Partition Table
msdos
Typically we use the MS-DOS partition table when we intend on using common Windows and Linux file system types including FAT32 and EXT4.
mac
gpt
The GUID Partition Table (GPT) is a standard for (UEFI) standard systems that need this area for the setup data.
Partiton Type
Format Type
Not all format types are discussed as there are many. Here are some of the most common, popular, and compatible types we will discuss.
Ext3
Ext4
FAT16
FAT32
exFAT
NTFS
Related
- A flash drive is a type of Solid State Removable Storage.
- Bootable USB flash drive utilities allows you to make the flash drive bootable. More on Creating bootable USB Flash Drive.
- Should you use NTFS or exFAT on Flash Drive?
- Partition and Format a USB Flash Drive with Linux
- Ubuntu Installation from a Flash Drive.
- USB Device Diagnostics in Linux
- NTFS or exFAT on Flash Drive talks about exFAT, NTFS, FAT32 compatibility.
