i think ext3/4 partition prevent file corruption errors, i nvr had one after switching to ext3/4
--- /dev/sda
Block device, size 465.8 GiB (500105740288 bytes)
DOS/MBR partition map
Partition 1: 499 MiB (523239424 bytes, 1021952 sectors from 2048)
Type 0x83 (Linux)
Ext3 file system
Volume name...