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How do I update the UUID of an ExFAT partition?
How do I set the UUID of an ExFat partition?
The linux tools I've tried (mlabel, gparted) only allow resetting the UUID to a different random one, not to a UUID I choose.
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Cloning an SD card onto a larger SD card - exFAT
I'm using Ubuntu 18.04, and attempting to clone the SD card (128G) from my Android phone to a larger one (256G) for more capacity, without losing the file structure referencing my phone apps use.
I ...
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Attempting mount exfat partition fails with mount(2) system call failed: Cannot allocate memory
I have an exfat formatted partition (/dev/sdc2) with some files on it I want to keep.
Whenever I try to mount the partition I get a "Cannot allocate memory" error.
Examples of commands I've ...
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Create an EXFAT partition on a NTFS external HD
Is it possible to create an exFAT partition on a NTFS external HD? I just wanna backup stuff from an old macbook, so I thought maybe I can just create a new exFAT partition instead of full ...
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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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Android: "Corrupted" MicroSD reads/writes fine in my laptop, but can't be formatted [duplicate]
I was moving some files to my Android phone's MicroSD, and suddenly the file system became read-only. I put the card into my Linux laptop and it mounted fine. I can read and write to it, no problem.
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Best way to store games with a lot of files on HDD
I just installed Age of Mythology on my external hard drive and I notice, that quite a small game (2 GB) occupies almost 55 GB on disk.
I know, it's due to big allocation unit size, but 1 MB is ...
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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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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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OS X external disk eXfat disappear
I have a problem with the external drive formatted in exFAT.
When using the os x sierra drive is self unmounted and disappeared partition eXfat.
After reconnecting I had the message "disk can not be ...
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What is the minimum size of any exFAT volume?
I'm trying to create a partition of 20GB size exFAT filesystem, but no partitioning software allows me (even Windows Disk Management). With 40GB it allows me, so I presume there is a minimum size for ...
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Why is it not possible to resize ExFAT partitions? [duplicate]
I wonder why no partition editor allows you to shrink or enlarge exFAT partitions without having to actually delete it and make it again.
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MacBook Pro, OS X 10.7.5 with Windows 7 x64 2 partition
I want to backup both Mac & Windows partitions onto a completely OS interchangeable Seagate Backup Plus 2 Tb drive. (I don't know what program was used to do that.) I've read that formatting to ...
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Persistent Privilige Violations in Console causing extreme OS delays
I have a 27" iMac at home with Boot Camp running Windows 10 on a "standard" NTFS-formatted partition, in addition to an external hard drive running a GUID partition scheme with an exFAT partition and ...
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Is exFAT less efficient at utilising disk space than HFS+?
I'm using rsync to copy all files from one 3TB external disk formatted as HFS+ to another 3TB external disk formatted as exFAT.
I've double checked both disks are exactly the same size and formatted ...
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