Exfat or ntfs?

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Hey guys, got me a transcend 16gb usb3 stick.
I use it to copy a bunch of file sizes, anything from a meg to like 10 gb.
I formatted it to ntfs but read some where that using ntfs on a usb stick makes it slower after a while...
I see exfat is the new fat partition and it has no file size limit but my question is does it also make the usb stick read and write slower after a while like ntfs?
i need to copy large files but dont want to make it slower after a while.
Wanna keep it for a few years.
Which is better for usb, ntfs or exfat?
thanks

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NTFS if you know the stick will always be safely removed. FAT32 if not. exFAT if all computers you'll be using support it (unlikely).
 
HavocXphere said:
NTFS if you know the stick will always be safely removed. FAT32 if not. exFAT if all computers you'll be using support it (unlikely).
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All computers will support exfat...
basically work and home.
Does that mean exfat is better for the stick rather then ntfs health wise? will it have normal day to day use?

Does ntfs even damage or slow down the read and write speeds?

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With NTFS the problem is data integrity...its not designed to cope with someone pulling the usb stick out 1/2 through a copy. Its not designed for usb stick application. exfat is. Won't physically damage the stick.

The is a small chance to the stick doesn't wear level the NTFS writes...but I wouldn't worry about that.
 
HavocXphere said:
With NTFS the problem is data integrity...its not designed to cope with someone pulling the usb stick out 1/2 through a copy. Its not designed for usb stick application. exfat is. Won't physically damage the stick.

The is a small chance to the stick doesn't wear level the NTFS writes...but I wouldn't worry about that.
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Thanks
formatted to exfat

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EXFAT on a flash/removable drive for the simple reason of NTFS's feature called 'lazy writes' wherein, IIRC, the OS finds lulls in drive activity to write back ..not something you want on a device that can be ripped out at any time.

Worth noting: EXFAT is supported on Vista from SP1 & all Win7 ..for the XP/Server 2003 codebase you need a hotfix. And just forget about it under Linux unless you're particularly good friends with a shaman somewhere :erm:
 
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