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USB File Corruption?
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<blockquote data-quote="bobtomay" data-source="post: 1054011" data-attributes="member: 24160"><p>Saying i've been using FAT for years and never had any corruption problems sort of reminds me of the ones that have been using computers for 15 years and are here in the forum experiencing their first hard drive crash without a backup.</p><p></p><p>It's a well known fact that a jounaling file system has many advantages, one of which is recovery due to improper shut downs during read and write processes. This is only one reason why OSX, Windows and Linux all use a journaling file system.</p><p></p><p><a href="http://support.apple.com/kb/ht2355" target="_blank">Here</a> is Apple's kb article on journaling. The section on 'Why is journaling needed' is the most apropo in this case. This is backed up by every article you can find on the web googling file systems, including those that make recommendations on what file system to use on removable drives.</p><p></p><p>While I use FAT on my removable media, I certainly cannot fault someone for recommending a journaling file system instead.</p><p></p><p>And i believe we've gotten way off the topic of helping the OP here.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="bobtomay, post: 1054011, member: 24160"] Saying i've been using FAT for years and never had any corruption problems sort of reminds me of the ones that have been using computers for 15 years and are here in the forum experiencing their first hard drive crash without a backup. It's a well known fact that a jounaling file system has many advantages, one of which is recovery due to improper shut downs during read and write processes. This is only one reason why OSX, Windows and Linux all use a journaling file system. [URL="http://support.apple.com/kb/ht2355"]Here[/URL] is Apple's kb article on journaling. The section on 'Why is journaling needed' is the most apropo in this case. This is backed up by every article you can find on the web googling file systems, including those that make recommendations on what file system to use on removable drives. While I use FAT on my removable media, I certainly cannot fault someone for recommending a journaling file system instead. And i believe we've gotten way off the topic of helping the OP here. [/QUOTE]
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