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    Same folder on two external SSD hard drives, both formatted in ExFat, not taking the same amount of space

    My first computer was an Atari ST so I remember those days. But if I'm not mistaken, EXFAT is not that old. But then what shall I do? Just go with the default settings for file allocation? Is it normal that those settings are that different for a 2TB drive and a 4TB drive?
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    Same folder on two external SSD hard drives, both formatted in ExFat, not taking the same amount of space

    It's a little confusing but thanks for trying :) I don't understand why file allocation needs to be different depending on the size of the drive. I read a bit about file allocation online and it didn't make a whole lot of sense to me so my computer literacy is probably not that great to begin...
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    Same folder on two external SSD hard drives, both formatted in ExFat, not taking the same amount of space

    Thanks for the reply. I chose exfat in case I want to access the drive with a mac. If you think it's not a good idea I can reformat. The 2TB drive (the source) is MBR, the 4TB (destination) is GPT. I don't know how they ended up being different. Which is better?
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    Same folder on two external SSD hard drives, both formatted in ExFat, not taking the same amount of space

    Hi, I have a 2TB external SSD drive, and I'm trying to copy its contents to a 4TB external SSD drive. Both drives were formatted in Exfat using the default Windows settings for allocation unit size (not sure what that means), which are 1024 kilobytes for the 4TB drive and 128 kilobytes for...
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