Microsoft is planning to remove the 32GB size limit for FAT32 partitions in Windows 11. While FAT supports volumes up to 2TB, Windows has had a 32GB arbitrary limit in place for nearly 30 years.
The limit is only being removed from the format command line right now, so the existing format dialog box will continue to have the FAT32 size limit unless Microsoft finally decides to update this Windows feature it has forgotten about for decades.
Announcement: Announcing Windows 11 Insider Preview Build 27686 (Canary Channel)
Unrelated but is the Verge even a good or trustworthy source for tech news? Maybe I’m still jaded by their build a PC tutorial
Probably depends on the topic / writer. I generally only read their news articles and not their tutorials or guides. I like that they usually link their sources and I can follow up on those. I probably trust Ars Technica more than the Verge though.
FFS I literally needed to work around this a couple of weeks ago
What about the equally arbitrary limit on filepath lengths?
Windows happily lets you save files in
C:\horribly\long\convoluted\folder\structure\with\filenames\like\The_Entire_Subject_Line_Of_An_Email_By_Default_When_You_Save_It_Locally.eml
But when you try to copy or move that file with the explorer later, it throws an error.
I wonder if this was to attempt to force people to use exFAT instead.
