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exFAT (Extended File Allocation Table) is a proprietary file system designed especially for flash drives developed by Microsoft

who have applied for patent protection. It is supported in Windows XP and Windows Server 2003 with update KB955704, Windows Embedded CE 6.0, Windows Vista with Service Pack 1, Windows Server 2008, Windows 7, Windows Server 2008 R2 (except Windows Server 2008 Server Core), Mac OS X Snow Leopard starting from 10.6.5, and Mac OS X Lion.

exFAT can be used where the NTFS file system is not a feasible solution, due to data structure overhead, or where the file size limit of the standard FAT32 file system (without FAT+ extension) is unacceptable.

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Mount error: "unknown filesystem type 'exfat'"

When trying to mount an exfat filesystem, I get the following error: Error mounting /dev/sda6 at /media/gkp/Backup: Command-line `mount -t "exfat" -o "uhelper=udisks2,nodev,nosuid" "/dev/sda6" "/media/gkp/Backup"' exited with non-zero exit status…
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How to get a drive formatted with exfat working?

In Ubuntu 13.04 there was an option to use the PPA by Relan in order to get ExFat functionality. Seeing that in Ubuntu this functionality is now available from the repositories without the PPA I tried this but failed to make it work. So my question…
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How to enable exFAT in Ubuntu 14.04

I just installed Ubuntu 14.04 and I can't mount my exFAT HDD. I get the following error: Unable to access “SeagateHDD” Error mounting /dev/sdb1 at /media/me/SeagateHDD: Command-line `mount -t "exfat" -o…
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Why is exfat greyed out in gparted?

I have installed both exfat-fuse and exfat-utils. However, when I go to gparted, and attempt to format a partition as exFAT, the exfat option is greyed out when attempting to create or format a partition. Why is this so? How can I use gparted to…
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How do I install and mount an exFAT partition?

I have searched around here and with Google, and none of the instructions I have found work with Oneric. How do install exFAT and mount an exFAT partition in the latest release of Kubuntu?
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Should I choose exFat or NTFS for a "shared" partition in a dual-boot system?

I have a new laptop which I am setting up as dual boot Windows/Linux. I would like to access files from both Ubuntu and Windows 7. Should I create a separate NTFS partition?
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Unable to mount my external exfat disk

It is saying this: Error mounting /dev/sdc2 at /media/sudheer/Untitled: Command-line `mount -t "exfat" -o "uhelper=udisks2,nodev,nosuid,uid=1000,gid=1000, iocharset=utf8,namecase=0,errors=remount-ro,umask=0077" "/dev/sdc2" …
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Is there a simple way to add exFAT support?

When I insert a USB stick or camera flash card I get the following error: unknown filesystem type 'exfat' Is there a simple way to add exFAT support to Ubuntu without kernel patching?
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GUI tool for formating to exFAT

I just formated a partition to exFAT using the terminal command sudo mkfs.exfat -n. Is it possible to do the same thing using a GUI? Before people comment that the Terminal command works just fine (which it indeed does), I want to say that I am…
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Ownership/permission problem with automounting exfat drive

I'm new to Linux and am having problems automounting an exFat-formatted partition on a Lacie-disk in Ubuntu 16.04. I installed exfat-fuse and exfat-utils and could then mount manually using: sudo mount -t exfat /dev/sdb2 /media/maria/Lexfat The…
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How to fix exfat filesystem

So we accidentally caused our server to go down without a clean shutdown and now df is reporting wrong stats for the external usb (exfat). root@srv1:/backup/usbdisk# df -h Filesystem Size Used Avail Use% Mounted on /dev/sdb2 3.6T 2.8T …
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Can't mount 64 GB SDXC

I did a clean install of 13.04 and now I'm having a hard time mounting my SD card. I had it working on my old system, which was also 13.04 but I had upgraded from 12.04. I can't figure out how to get it working now. I tried this on my laptop and…
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Unknown filesystem type 'exfat' on Ubuntu 22.04

I am trying to mount an external disk on Ubuntu 22.04, and get the following error: mount: /media/destdrive: unknown filesystem type 'exfat'. This was working yesterday, but has stopped working since a reboot (!) It's Ubuntu 22.04 (so exfat should…
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How to enable exFAT for Ubuntu 20.04

Today I installed a fresh copy of Ubuntu 20.04 (GNU/Linux 5.4.0-1008-raspi aarch64) on my Raspberry PI, and I know that exFAT should be supported by the 5.4 kernel, but whenever I try to mount an external drive, I get an error $ sudo mount -t exfat…
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Unable to access a new USB stick

I have Ubuntu 18.04.2 LTS on my laptop. Got a new USB Stick (Samsung) for storing extra files and I am unable to access it. When I insert it, the folder shows up but when I click on it, it says: Unable to access Samsung USB - Error mounting ...…
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