While most modern hard drives make use of the NTFS file system on Windows and APFS on macOS, both of which offer a wide array of features — when it comes to compatibility, FAT32 reigns supreme.

To format a USB drive in NTFS File System, you can use the Command Prompt or the File Explorer in Windows 11/10. This guide shows you how.

Mac 911 How to format a USB thumb drive for both Mac and Windows The Mac/Windows-compatible ExFat format allows larger file sizes than the old FAT32.

As well as going far beyond FAT32's 4TB maximum file size and 8TB partition size limits, exFAT is also optimized for flash drives, which includes thumb drives and external storage devices.

Always the right file system Watch out for data loss! Technically, it has never been a problem to format USB drives with a storage capacity of more than 32GB with the FAT32 file system.

If you wish to use your external storage drive on both PS4 and Windows, go with the FAT32 file system. How to Format PS4 Hard Drive for Windows 11/10?

Using the disk management, the only option presented to me is NTFS. This needs to be FAT32. How do I do it?