Formatting a flash drive is not only a quick way to clean it of unnecessary files, but also choosing a specific file system that allows you to easily read information from this media to a wide variety of devices: PCs, laptops, radio, TVs, DVD players, game consoles etc. Therefore, to begin with, we will analyze in which system to format a USB flash drive is best for you, touching on the features of each. Then we dwell on formatting algorithms for the popular FAT32 and NTFS.
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