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System Requirements and Compatibility
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System Minimum Hardware Requirements
- Recent Intel i3 or comparable dual-core 64-bit processor
- 4 GB of system memory (RAM)
- HDD or SSD (PATA/IDE, SATA, NVME, SCSI, USB interfaces are supported)
- Internet access (for activation and update/upgrade online)
- 1024×768 display
- USB Type-A port. USB Type-C is not supported.
MetaDefender Drive does not support ARM or RISC-based processor systems yet.
Operating System, File System, and Disk Encryptions Compatibility
Windows® XP, 7, 8, 8.1, 10, 11; Windows® Server 2012, 2016, 2019.
- File Systems: FAT16, FAT32, NTFS, exFAT (ReFS support is planned)
- Encryptions: BitLocker, both User Password and Recovery Key
macOS and Macs: Intel-based Macs from 2006 to 2017
- File Systems: HFS, HFS+, APFS
- Encryption: FileVault for APFS
Linux: Debian 5 based (or newer), RHEL 6 based (or newer)
- File Systems: EXT2, EXT3, EXT4, XFS, BTRFS, ReiserFS, JFS (ZFS support is planned)
- Encryption: LUKS/LVM2
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