Tagged with fat32 - Personal View Talks

Faster FAT32 write speed using new formatter?

_gl — Tue, 22 Jan 2013 05:58:27 +0000

I just heard about this utility that formats FAT32 devices (like memory cards) with a better alignment - it's supposed increase write speed: http://reboot.pro/topic/16783-rmprepusb-faster-fat32-access-test-version/ I have no time to test this now, maybe someone wants to check it out.

People are reporting write increases of ~20%, but this is tested on a PC and maybe that won't translate to cameras. Worth comparing with their in-built formatting though, might help with marginal card/hack combinations.

SD Cards and exFat formatting? Cure for Spanning.

vanawesome — Mon, 31 Oct 2011 01:22:22 +0000

I'm wondering if this is something that could possibly be addressed in the pTool. I know everybody is having issues with spanning and if it were possible to get the camera to recognize cards formatted at the new exFat format instead of fat32, spanning would no longer be an issue at all.

Just a thought, sorry if there is a better section to talk about this, please move it and feel free to yell at me. I'd be curious to see what you all have to say about this topic.