A USB drive can support several different types of file formats, depending on your needs. Here's what those formats mean and ...

Not all drives speak the same language, and these file systems decide who understands what.

After our Windows encryption showdown, reader Jerod passed along this tip to make sure your encrypted volumes, especially external hard drives, in Windows play nicely with other platforms like OS ...

I've made the long overdue decision to keep backups on an external USB drive, but should I go with NTFS or exFAT for the drive? We have an all Windows household here, and although I fiddle with Linux ...

The overwhelming majority of USB flash drives you buy are going to come in one of two formats: FAT32 or NTFS. The first format, FAT32, is fully compatible with Mac OS X, though with some drawbacks ...

Using an external drive between Mac and Windows computers can be a hassle, since you constantly have to reformat it to fit which computer you're using it on. Instead of reformatting it all the time, ...

USB Disk Storage Format Tool utility allows you to quickly and thoroughly format virtually any USB flash drive with your choice of FAT, FAT32, exFAT, or NTFS partition types. Quickly and thoroughly ...

I have a pair of Adata UV125 64gb USB drives that I want to change the default from e-fat to Fat 32. Is this possible? My WD Play unit won't recognize eFat. The only way I can currently format to Fat ...