USB 4TB exFat or NTFS

[stevew295]

Last month, I posted a question regarding whether I should be able to see/use entire 4 or 6TB, was advised should be no problem. Received a USB WD 4TB external HD as a present. I can indeed see the entire 4TB, no problem. It is exFat, I assume because to be compliant to Win or Mac.

My question, is should I change to NTFS for better reliability? This will be a backup drive, not too concerned about speed. I've seen some comments says no difference other than speed (and those are mixed), but the comments about NTFS being more "reliable" is what makes me think maybe I should. Or just leave well enough alone?

Thanks, Steve

 

[das_stig]

NTFS should always be used for Windows only systems.

exFat is a direct replacement for Fat16/32, good if you plan to use the HDD with Windows and say OSX, Linux, but doesn't support journaling for error correcting of corruption.

 

[stevew295]

Thanks. It is MBR now, can I just format to NTFS within Disk Management, or do have to remove volume or partition first, and then convert to GPT and then format to NTFS?