The file allocation table is what tells the OS the physical address of the data on your hard drive. If the FAT table is gone then basically that would be like just eliminating street adresses for ...

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NTFS and FAT are file systems that specify how data is organized on a storage deviceComputers use particular kinds of file systems to store and organize data on media, such as a hard drive or flash ...

Quick Format means removing and creating a fresh new file allocation table to reuse the storage drive. It does give an air of freshness, but the old data stays until it is written over.

Microsoft has been licensing its exFAT flash file format for licensing for a while now. In case you forgot, on December 10, the company reminded folks that exFAT is available for licensing.

The File Allocation Table lists digital values describing allocating a partition's clusters. In other words, the state of each cluster of the partition it is located.

It is where exFAT or Extended File Allocation Table comes into the picture. If you don’t know, exFAT was created to be used on flash drives like USB or SD cards.

Microsoft today announced it is supporting the addition of its exFAT file system to the Linux kernel. To facilitate the development of “conformant, interoperable implementations,” the company ...

REDMOND, Wash. — June 19, 2013 — Microsoft Corp. today announced patent licensing agreements with automotive technology companies Audiovox, Continental, Harman and LG Automotive for the use of its ...

Microsoft introduced the exFAT file system, designed as a successor to the File Allocation Table (FAT) filesystem family, with Windows Embedded CE 6.0 in 2006, though it wouldn't see wider ...

RIM has big ambitions for media on BlackBerry hardware -- really big. Accordingly, it just reached a patent licensing deal with Microsoft that lets it use the exFAT file system on "certain ...

Microsoft announced today that it supports the inclusion of its exFAT (Extended File Allocation Table) file system for USB flash drives and SD cards in the Linux kernel through the Open Invention ...