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Why is the default allocation unit size smaller (2048 bytes) for exFAT than for NTFS (4096 bytes) when formatting a disk on Windows 7? [duplicate]
I see that the default allocation unit size is smaller for exFAT (2048 bytes) than for NTFS (4096 bytes) when formatting a disk on Windows 7 via Windows Explorer:
Why is the default allocation unit ...
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How long does it take Windows 7 to scan and repair an exFAT external drive that was incorrectly unplugged on a Mac?
It's been over 24 hours now and there is no progress bar to know what is going on. Cancel is greyed out and I'm afraid that force quitting will damage the drive. Context: Plugged in an almost full 4 ...
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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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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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Max size VHD on exFat-drive?
I have an exFat drive (LaCie Fuel) that is 2 TB. On this drive I try to create a 127 GB VHD using Computer Management in Windows 7 but it fails with an error "The requested operation could not be ...
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Windows 7 - is it possible to create a "system image" on a non-NTFS-drive (exFat)?
In Windows 7 - is it possible to create a "system image" on a non-NTFS-drive (exFat)? The drive is big enough and the file system supports big enough files.
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Home PC doesn't recognize exFAT formatted SD-Card but work PC does
I have a Micro-SD card formatted in my smartphone as exFAT. I can work with the card (read and write) on my work laptop (Windows 7 Pro) but my home PC (Windows 7 Home) does not recognize the card and ...
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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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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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Virtualbox slow on ExFat formatted hard drive normal on NTFS
I am running Ubuntu 14.04 as host and Windows 7 as a guest with VirtualBox. My vdi file for Windows 7 was getting large, so I migrated it to a Samsung 850 EVO internal SSD connected through a USB hub ...
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What else limits readyboost space?
I’m trying to use about 5GB a 64GB usb flash drive—already formatted as exFAT—for ReadyBoost on a 64bit Windows 7 machine, but the slider for space to reserve ends at 4094MB.
After 2 hours of ...
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Easy2Boot not working with a exfat format
I am triying to multiboot a USB flash drive using Easy2Boot and it says:
You can use FAT32 or NTFS (and with a few limitations an exFAT or ext2 formatted drive)
But when I launch
\Easy2Boot_v1....
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Technical reason behind Mac OSX-formatted exFAT disk cannot be written in Windows 7?
Read from this discussion thread and my current experience (annoyed by a USB drive), a USB drive formatted to exFAT in Mac OS X is unable to write in Windows 7. However, a disk formatted with exFAT in ...
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Copying contents from an NTFS disk to exFAT formatted disk
Will there be any problem if I copy contents from an NTFS hard disk to an exFAT hard disk? I will take files from Windows 7 on an NTFS external HDD and copy them on a Fedora machine.
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cannot delete files from exFAT drive
I copied a few files and folders with unicode characters from my FAT32 drive to the exFAT drive... now I see the files and folders but cannot delete or examine them (file not found).
So exFAT does ...
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