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Microsoft is finally removing the FAT32 partition size limit in Windows 11 (www.theverge.com)

submitted 3 months ago by pnutzh4x0r@lemmy.ndlug.org to c/windows@sopuli.xyz

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Microsoft is planning to remove the 32GB size limit for FAT32 partitions in Windows 11. While FAT supports volumes up to 2TB, Windows has had a 32GB arbitrary limit in place for nearly 30 years.

The limit is only being removed from the format command line right now, so the existing format dialog box will continue to have the FAT32 size limit unless Microsoft finally decides to update this Windows feature it has forgotten about for decades.

Announcement: Announcing Windows 11 Insider Preview Build 27686 (Canary Channel)

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[–] 9point6@lemmy.world 17 points 3 months ago (2 children)

FFS I literally needed to work around this a couple of weeks ago

[–] Shawdow194@fedia.io 3 points 3 months ago

Me too! Burning USB drives for old televisions that didnt support NTFS...

[–] RagingHungryPanda@lemm.ee 3 points 3 months ago (1 children)

well that answers my question of who still needs FAT32

[–] accideath@lemmy.world 1 points 3 months ago

There are still a few devices that can‘t read exFAT or NTFS. If you want to softmod a Nintendo console for example, you‘re tied to FAT32