Cloning a hard drive on a Mac is a different process. If you have a newer MacBook or iMac, you can't swap out the hard disk ...

When you're reformatting a drive, memory card, or flash drive you need to pick a file format. If you see FAT32, exFAT, and NTFS, but don't know which one to pick, here's what you need to know. A file ...

does not seem to be creating the volume Label as used in Windows. I can see it's set what's called the BPB Volume Label in Disk Genius (which I think is the Bios Parameter Block Label - whatever that ...

Normally when you plug in an external hard drive to your Mac’s USB port you will see it appear on the desktop. You can also see it in a Finder window in the left ...

Amid the widespread shift to subscription-based cloud storage solutions, relying on good-old physical drives can be a reassuring sense of independence. Whether you're trying to repurpose an old hard ...

Formatting a hard drive is an essential task when setting up a new storage device or preparing an old one for reuse. Whether you’re installing Windows 11 or Windows 10, the formatting process ensures ...

Microsoft is reversing a restriction that was incomprehensible to many users and is once again supporting the FAT32 file system with data carriers that hold more than 32 GB of data. Previously, ...

Microsoft is lifting a decades-old restriction on Windows that capped FAT32 disk formatting at 32GB. Instead, FAT32 formatting on Windows 11 will support partitions up to 2TB in size. The company is ...

Yesterday, Microsoft sent out a new preview version of Windows 11 to Windows Insiders, and it holds an interesting change: the max size limit on FAT32 partitions is being bumped up to 2TB. FAT32 is a ...