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I tried creating a veracrypt volume and I assigned 10gb to it. The tutorial I saw on veracrypt had the file system option as FAT, however exFAT was automatically selected as my option when I was creating the volume. Does anyone know why this happened and Would this cause any problems for me when I try to access my volume?
stan
Posted 2016-09-18T21:06:03.020
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When creating a volume, you are being asked if you want to store files larger than 4GB or less than 4GB. Go with larger than 4GB option. This option is the option that determines the types of file systems you will be then presented. So just choose to use files above 4GB and then you will be able to select a file system that definitely works with large files (unlike the old FAT).
Overmind
Posted 2016-09-18T21:06:03.020
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1thanks for replying, so you are saying exFAT is better for larger files than the old FAT system? – stan – 2016-09-19T08:09:42.387
1exFAT (aka FAT64) was designed to overcome the limitations of the old FAT32, one of which is the maximum file size. So it's a matter of support. On exFAT, you will be able to use any currently possible file size, on the old FAT you are limited to 4GB file size. – Overmind – 2016-09-19T09:06:39.510
1This is more of a tool-use question than a security question. Migrating. – schroeder – 2016-09-18T21:24:16.593
Anyone willing to help me out here? – stan – 2016-09-18T23:13:09.340
1If you only use Windows to access that volume, I'd prefer NTFS. – CodesInChaos – 2016-09-19T09:11:50.530