Most memory cards are formatted with any denomination of the FAT file system (the most commonplace nowadays being FAT32, with a select few opting for exFAT - but not everything supports exFAT). However, you can format the volume with whatever filesystem you desire and what your requirements need (FAT, NTFS, EXT2/3/4, ReiserFS, HFS/HFS+, and so on)
SDXC cards use the exFAT filr system.
SDXC cards use the exFAT filr system.
exFAT
Apparently most formatting apps (including Windows) dont format SD cards correctly. I found some software on Panasonic's site that does, this actually restored a few of my "shrinking" cards to the proper size. Format mechanism is differ from File System to File system of Operating System. For example using FAT16/FAT32/NTFS file system in Win-XP or higher, occupies more space for 'System use' functionalities. In the case of ExFAT(a.k.a. FAT64) file system, it will use less space for 'System use'. For best result to SD/MMC/SDHC cards, please use Panasonic "SD Memory Card Formatting Software Ver.2.0" which am currently using.
A swap file is the file that an operating system uses when it is moving data. A computer creates this file when it is moving data from random access memory to virtual memory.
There are file recovery utilities that are capable of restoring deleted files on SanDisk memory cards as long as the storage area where the file was originally stored has not been overwritten with a new file.
File Allocation Table (FAT) is a computer file system architecture now widely used on many computer systems and most memory cards, such as those used with digital cameras. The FAT file system is relatively straightforward technically and is supported by virtually all existing operating systems for personal computers. This makes it a useful format for solid-state memory cards and a convenient way to share data between operating systems.
Take A Water On MEmory card
In the normal sense of a "file"system, swap is not formatted as a file system. It is formatted similar to memory or RAM.
No.Virtual memory is a file stored on the disk and managed by the operating system software. As needed the operating system copies blocks of internal memory out to this file to free internal memory and copies blocks from this file to internal memory when a program needs it again. To assist the operating system in this task the computer has to have virtual memory management hardware and interrupts.All of the hardware that is involved directly in the operation of virtual memory is part of the computer, not the harddisk.
hard drive
Reformatting will remove all files, and changes the file system of the storage. For example, most memory cards/sticks use FAT or FAT32, and Windows' hard drives use NTFS. Having the wrong file system could mean incompatibility, not being able to access it's files.
Yes, its called the Page File or the Swap File.