Bootcamp partition with exFAT

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  1. Banix, Dec 22, 2010

    Banix macrumors newbie

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    Do you have some experience with bootcamp partition formatted to exFAT and use it on windows 7 (games) on your MacBook? I read that exFAT is for flash drives but can also be used for the HDD, just I dont know how it is with long-term use HDD formatted to exFAT.
     
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  2. balamw, Dec 23, 2010

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    Windows 7 cannot run from exFAT. It requires NTFS on its boot drive.

    You can add a separate exFAT data partition, and it should be more robust than FAT32.

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