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Why are USB flash drives bigger than 4GB using FAT32? (zerobytes.monster)

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The original post: /r/datahoarder by /u/glibbleman on 2025-04-08 23:09:41.

I'm just curious, and sorry if this sounds like brain fart, but why are USB flash drives shipped with FAT32? I was under the impression that FAT32 has a maximum file size of 4GB, at least when we reformat it ourselves.

But I just recently bought a 64GB flash drive, and it's FAT32 out of the box, not NTFS. How is that possible? Do the factories have ways to exceed 4GB limitation?

And my next question is, if I'm going to reformat it, and I want to keep the full 64GB capacity, I'm better off using NTFS am I?

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