Is Microsoft thinking of ending the FAT32 format? The latest OneDrive update could give clues

Talking about cloud storage inevitably leads us to think of a series of services such as Dropbox, Box, Drive or OneDrive. And the latter, the utility provided by Microsoft, is the one that interests us. A service that has multiplatform applications and that, like Drive, allows us to always have our content at hand.

Microsoft has made improvements and modifications to the service over time, sometimes being more successful than others, although it has always maintained a very good level of operation.The latest update, however, is giving a lot of talk

The reason is that Microsoft's cloud storage service has received an update that has caused complaints from not a few users The reason is none other than when trying to configure the folder in which the copies are to be made on the computer, a message may appear on the screen depending on the file system we are using.

Apparently with this update the creation of the folder is not allowed and therefore complete the configuration of OneDrive if a file format other than NTFS is being usedIf, for example, we use FAT32, a message appears on the screen warning of the impossibility of continuing and advising to change the system to NTFS, one step involves formatting the unit.The warning message is this:

FAT32 is the most compatible system and the oldest, as it has been with us since Windows 95. A system that, however, has two very serious limitations and that is that it cannot store files larger than 4 GB and the partitions cannot be larger than 8 TB. NTFS, developed by Microsoft, was the successor to FAT32 and removes both limitations of FAT32 if bine loses compatibility by offering read and write problems with Mac OS X and Linux

You have to wait for a response to see if it is a bug in the last update or on the contrary it is a strategic movement of the company to permanently forget about FAT32 and start paving the way for mass adoption of the ReFS file system.

Via | MSFT Image | MSFT In Xataka Windows | Windows 10 Pro prepares on PCs to retire the NTFS system in professional environments