How-to: Choose FAT, exFAT or NTFS file systems
No, it's not the latest diet fad. The story goes like this; I started to migrate a Windows Vista machine to Windows 7 (not for myself, I should add). When I plugged in an external drive for 'Easy Transfer' (this is Vista, so 'easy' is a relative term), the program decided it couldn't cope with a FAT32 format drive. I know; how long has that FAT32 drive sat around? Never mind. My choices to reformat are: exFAT or NTFS. What do I use? I'm no digital storage expert, but here goes...