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    USB Drive Format

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      icvaalmall84
      last edited by

      Good day

      I haven't had time to check or confirm this.

      I read on the forums the USB drives must be formatted to FAT32 to use as with USB ROM Service, has any tried using ExFAT with RetroPie.

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        mitu Global Moderator @icvaalmall84
        last edited by

        @icvaalmall84 I think both exFat and NTFS formats should work.

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          simpleethat
          last edited by

          I can confirm NTFS works fine, I've never tried ExFAT but you could always give it a try.

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            steptoe
            last edited by

            I personally stuck with FAT32, there should be nothing that goes over the FAT32 file size limits (4GB) and FAT32 should be compatible with everything

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              icvaalmall84
              last edited by

              Thank you everyone for your reply, I will try out the ExFat today, and give feedback.

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                Clyde @icvaalmall84
                last edited by

                @icvaalmall84 Thanks, so we can answer this question to others in the future. 👍

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                  icvaalmall84
                  last edited by

                  ExFat I can confirm it works.

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