It's a newer CDROM filesystem standard that's required for DVD roms. It's meant to be a replacement for the ISO9660 filesystem used on today's CDROMs, but the immediate impact for most will be DVD.

Software Architects, a supplier of disk drive utilities that use the Universal Disk Format (UDF), has released DVD-RAM TuneUp! 3.2 for the Mac. The new version — a combination of two products, DVD-RAM ...

A format for CD-RW and DVD+RW optical discs. Introduced by Microsoft in 1999, the "MRW" or "CD-MRW" format enables files to be stored like hard drives. Mount Rainier supports the UDF file system and ...

There are a number of Linux commands that will display file system types along with the file system names, mount points and such. Some will also display sizes and available disk space. The df command ...

Have you ever needed to format a new hard drive or USB drive, and were given the option of selecting from acronyms like FAT, FAT32, or NTFS? Or did you once try plugging in an external device, only ...

Majid was unable to copy a movie from his PC to his newly acquired 32GB USB key, and wondered why. He sent me a screenshot that clearly indicated the problem, as it read “The file is too large for the ...