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Re: Using Windows to make Android smoother

From	"...winston" <winstonmvp@gmail.com>
Newsgroups	alt.comp.os.windows-10
Subject	Re: Using Windows to make Android smoother
Date	2024-10-24 00:56 -0400
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Andrews wrote:
> I need a bigger sd card - I spent years for this moment by using Windows to
> make Android sdcard swaps smoother and drama reduced experiences for all.
> 
> Some questions...
> Does a Windows "Quick Format" work as well as the slow format?
> Does the format type matter when the sd card is to be used in a phone?
Quick format doesn't check for bad sectors, full format does(takes 
longer, mostly due the scanning for bad sectors). Full format(iirc) 
removes prior stored files.
   -your choice. If you concerned about the card(probably sourced and 
made west of the Pacific Ocean, usually China, South Korea, Phillipines 
etc.) having bad sectors, choose full. If not, choose Quick.

> I just bought from Amazon a 128GB three-pack with reader at about $10 each.
> And, while a quick format on Windows takes a couple of seconds, a slow
> format takes quite a bit longer - it's still running on my old desktop >
> Did I need that slow format?
> Is the default of XFat (128kbyte allocation unit) an OK setting for phones?

Your phone supports both exFAT and FAT32.
  exFAT is usually more efficient in storage and file transfer for large 
capacity cards
  eXFAT is almost always recommended for cards greater than 32GB

For a 128GB SDXC card(phone or pc[laptop, tablet) I would never consider 
formatting as FAT32 if also used on a phone.

As a test on Win10 Pro(1 TB SSD main drive) - I took a spare 3 yr old 
128 GB Samsung EVO Plus Class 10 U3 SDXC card and formatted full  - took 
39 minutes for a full format.  I also full formatted a 5 yr old a 64 GB 
SanDisk Class 10 U1(previously only used a digital camera, no longer 
used, pretty much a dust collector in spare part box) - took 32 minutes 
for the full format.
  - Not sure if it compares to whatever you bought(a quick look on 
Amazon didn't show any Samsung[my preferred SDXC card] 3 packs) which 
seems to mean the Samsung test may/may not not apply to full formatting 
a different brand of an SDXC card, but the 64 GB at approx. a half hour 
might indicate up to an hour for a full format on a 128 GB card(twice as 
many sectors to scan)


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Using Windows to make Android smoother Andrews <andrews@spam.net> - 2024-10-23 21:54 +0000
  Re: Using Windows to make Android smoother "...winston" <winstonmvp@gmail.com> - 2024-10-24 00:56 -0400
    Re: Using Windows to make Android smoother Andrews <andrews@spam.net> - 2024-10-24 17:35 +0000
      Re: Using Windows to make Android smoother "...winston" <winstonmvp@gmail.com> - 2024-10-24 14:35 -0400
  Re: Using Windows to make Android smoother Paul <nospam@needed.invalid> - 2024-10-24 03:20 -0400
    Re: Using Windows to make Android smoother "Carlos E.R." <robin_listas@es.invalid> - 2024-10-24 16:12 +0200
      Re: Using Windows to make Android smoother "...winston" <winstonmvp@gmail.com> - 2024-10-24 13:20 -0400
        Re: Using Windows to make Android smoother Harry S Robins <stanleyrobins@nothere.uk> - 2024-10-24 13:00 -0500
          Re: Using Windows to make Android smoother "...winston" <winstonmvp@gmail.com> - 2024-10-24 14:12 -0400
          Re: Using Windows to make Android smoother Arno Welzel <usenet@arnowelzel.de> - 2024-10-26 12:10 +0200
            Re: Using Windows to make Android smoother "Carlos E.R." <robin_listas@es.invalid> - 2024-10-26 15:56 +0200
            Re: Using Windows to make Android smoother Paul <nospam@needed.invalid> - 2024-10-26 14:09 -0400
              Re: Using Windows to make Android smoother Arno Welzel <usenet@arnowelzel.de> - 2024-10-28 16:53 +0100
                Re: Using Windows to make Android smoother "Carlos E.R." <robin_listas@es.invalid> - 2024-11-01 09:19 +0100
        Re: Using Windows to make Android smoother Paul <nospam@needed.invalid> - 2024-10-24 14:33 -0400
          Re: Using Windows to make Android smoother "...winston" <winstonmvp@gmail.com> - 2024-10-24 21:13 -0400
            Re: Using Windows to make Android smoother Paul <nospam@needed.invalid> - 2024-10-25 01:35 -0400
              Re: Using Windows to make Android smoother Frank Slootweg <this@ddress.is.invalid> - 2024-10-25 10:15 +0000
              Re: Using Windows to make Android smoother "Carlos E.R." <robin_listas@es.invalid> - 2024-10-25 15:11 +0200
                Re: Using Windows to make Android smoother Paul <nospam@needed.invalid> - 2024-10-25 11:02 -0400
                Olde Disk Drives (was: Re: Using Windows to make Android smoother "Kerr-Mudd, John" <admin@127.0.0.1> - 2024-10-25 17:35 +0100
    Re: Using Windows to make Android smoother Andrews <andrews@spam.net> - 2024-10-24 17:15 +0000
      Re: Using Windows to make Android smoother Paul <nospam@needed.invalid> - 2024-10-24 14:42 -0400
  Re: Using Windows to make Android smoother Andrews <andrews@spam.net> - 2024-10-25 18:41 +0000
  Re: Using Windows to make Android smoother Andrews <andrews@spam.net> - 2024-11-01 06:26 +0000
    Re: Using Windows to make Android smoother Andrews <andrews@spam.net> - 2024-11-01 13:56 +0000

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