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Is exFAT safe to unplug without unmounting first?
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Mar 15, 202611561 viewsConfidence Score0%
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I'm hitting the 4GB limit of FAT32 on USB drives more and more often. However, being able to unplug the device without unmounting it first is a must have for me. I've noticed exFAT recently, however I couldn't find any info on whether drives formatted with exFAT can be unplugged safely without unmo…
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Fix for: Is exFAT safe to unplug without unmounting first?
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While it is not 100% safe to remove a FAT volume without unmounting, it is safer than NTFS. exFAT has the following differences to FAT 32: File size limit is now 16 exabytes. Format size limits and files per directory limits are practically eliminat…
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