File systems and flash drives

So I've had MANY files get corrupted doing anything but backups and copy-paste operations on FAT32 drives, however this article seems to suggest that format isn't total junk.

Anyway, I strongly recommend NTFS for anything you'll be running portable programs from.

Related:

• What filesystem should I use for my flashdrive?
  
• FAT32, exFAT, and NTFS
• Why do removable drives use FAT32 instead of NTFS?
  

USB drive won't stop being "read-only"

Want to note about a trick that really helped me unlock one of my drives that was mysteriously set to read-only.  Note that this uses the command-line "diskpart" tool.

What the heck is U3?

I suspect a chunk of the current portable software world came from the long-abandoned U3 technology.  The program came with quite a few flash drives and enabled certified program system, a familiar menu, running programs from a portable device.

A view of the program:

Despite seeming legitimate, the general consensus on the site has been: if you see it, remove it.  The program came on the scene back in 2005 and then faded away back in 2010 without much notice.

Although there were only a hand full of threads on PFW that address it, mostly there to recommend use of something else as the program had serious stability and system issues:

• What is the point of U3?
  

• U3 Application Tool

• U3 can be a pain

• Retooling U3 CD-ROM partitions

​One wonders what could have been if Sandisk would have been willing to take this on as a more serious project.  It could have been huge.