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exFAT ignores Cluster Size and small files always become 1MB
I use an external 4TB SSD and try to format it with the smallest possible Cluster Size. In the Windows Format Dialog the smallest Cluster Size is 256KB:
When I format the disk with 256KB and also ...
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What features of journaling file systems are actually useful? [closed]
Not concerning about permissions, security, seamless usage with different OS. Journaling remains unclear.
Do I need journaling (how exactly will it help)? If yes/no what is the threshold, when I ...
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My backup HDD comes formatted with exFAT; should I reformat it?
I've gotten an HDD for backup purposes. I intend to backup various kinds of files from my desktop computer - nothing special to make assumptions about. Now, the HDD has been preformatted with an exFAT ...
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macOS, exfat 3.5 hdd recognizes in one external enclosure, says not recognized and to initialize in other (no thanks), what could be the cause?
I have a single bay enclosure that I initialized an 8tb drive in as exfat in, then I got a 5 bay enclosure, when I stick it in the 5 bay it's not recognized and says to initialize.
I put it back in ...
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Convert drive from exFAT to NTFS without losing contents (Workaround)
I have a 5TB external drive with about 200GB of data in it. I want to convert it from exFAT to NTFS but without losing its contents. Currently I have no way to backup the data on the drive, so I need ...
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Need to use chkdsk after every dismount of Seagate exfat drive in mac
Do not start virtual machine program to use external disk without ejecting disk first from mac (better to always do it).
I get irritating problem and I can't find resolution to it. Can't I manually ...
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Why does an APK file size of 7.6 MB allocate 1.36 GB on an exFAT formatted external hard drive when reverse-engineered?
I have an apk file size of 7.6 MB. When I reverse-engineer this apk file through apktool, which is a reverse engineering tool for apk files, it allocates 1.36 GB on an exFAT formatted external hard ...
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chkdsk generates undeletable corrupt FILE0000.CHK files on exFAT drive
J:/FOUND.000/FILE0000.CHK is corrupt and not deleteable.
C:\> del J:\FOUND.000\FILE0000.CHK
J:\FOUND.000\FILE0000.CHK
The file or directory is corrupted and unreadable.
Running chkdsk /F J: ...
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exFAT shows 3TB used, but no files show on drive
I have an 8TB exFAT formatted external hard drive that I use for storing movie backups for my Plex server. It originally had two ~4TB partitions. First partition for Plex movies and the other for ...
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1-byte file takes up 2 MB (yes, megabytes) on 6 TB exFAT Veracrypt volume. Why?
Screenshot:
File properties of file that takes up 2MB of disk space for 1 byte of data:
The drive is a 6TB single partition, mounted via Veracrypt and formatted as exFAT. The sector size on my 2TB ...
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Unpartitioned exfat 5tb disk recovery: testdisk shows really strange results
I apologize because this is a bit general in nature. I have a 5TB external disk that was formatted exfat. I would use it to backup data from my Linux machine. Well, recently, I plugged it into a ...
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Transcend 1TB could not complete chkdsk
I have 1TB Transcend External HDD around 2 years old. In the HDD, there are 3 Partition:-
i) Local Disk (J:) [~90GB] - exFAT
ii) Local Disk (E:) [~400GB] - NTFS
iii) Local Disk (H:) [~488GB] - NTFS
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harddisk of 1 tb with exfat not detected in macbook pro el capitan
My 1 Tb HDD is formatted in EXFAT so it could be detected both in Windows and MacOS. However, the hdd has power blinking but it is not detected in MacOS. It is working well in Windows though. On Mac, ...
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exFAT drive can't be ejected
I have an exFAT formatted usb drive and I regularly can't eject it on my windows 7 (x64 Pro) machine. It tells me that it is being used by some other process. I've shut all my programs and I've ...
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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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