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Why does Windows 10 only offer to format my memstick to NTFS (not eXFAT)?
I have a 128 GB memory stick which shipped with a exFAT-formatted file system.
But when I try to reformat it (context menu properties in File Explorer), it only offers to format to NTFS with no other ...
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Why is 1024 Cluster Size with blank drive being shown while querying WMIC for available drives?
I wanted to know cluster sizes for my flash drive (ExFAT), and I followed the useful answer here:
https://superuser.com/a/1358598/602756
Here is output of cmd: wmic volume get driveletter,blocksize
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Why is Windows reporting an empty NTFS partition, when files are written/viewable by Linux? - (happened with exFAT too !!!)
Ubuntu 18.04 LTS; Windows 10; Lenovo Ideapad i7. The exfat and NTFS drivers are at highest available upgrade (Ubuntu).
Photorec and testdisk are being ran in Linux.
Please note that this particular ...
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How do I format an internal hard drive to exFAT in Windows 10?
I have an internal hard drive that I use as storage where I dump the stuff I need backed up. I want to format it to exFAT instead of NTFS so that it doesn't have to deal with permissions. The problem ...
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