exFAT is a Microsoft file system optimized for flash memory such as USB flash drives and SD cards.
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Trying to recover exFAT formatted hard drive contents
I have an exFAT formatted external drive and am running Ubuntu from a CD. I have mounted the drive but when I go into it I can only see the recycle bin and system volume information folders. I know there are other folders and files because they were…

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Get size of the File Allocation Table in an exFAT disk using C#
I'm writing a program that copies the FAT to a file (and restores it). I'm using CreateFile to open a drive letter as a file, SetFilePointerEx to seek to 0 position, ReadFile to read the contents of the drive, and WriteFile to write to the…

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WriteFile() to exFAT backup boot sector has no effect on drive
here is a short explanation of what I am trying to do:
Reading out VolumeSerialNumber of an USB flash drive
Increment the VolumeSerialNumber
Writing it back to the flash drive.
In general it works fine for USB drives using FAT or FAT32 as…

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cannot mount usb partition - unknown file system exfat
I have a USB stick with important info that would not show up in Windows. I tried the Disk Management Utility, and the partition with the data shows up as "healthy", but no drive letter, and right-click menu options all grayed out (except 'delete').…

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how to get exfat root directory in assembly?
Does any one know how to get the root directory for an exfat for a boot sector ? I have done many hours research and what I have found does not work. Things tried: Rootdirectory = RootCluster * SectorsPerCluster + ReservedSectors; FAT first sector…

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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 drive. Actually when I extract this apk file on my…

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create variable from tail -f /var/logmessage
I'm trying to get a variable from /var/log/messages when the string "Attached" appears in /var/log/messages.
I've got so far, and stuck:
sudo stdbuf -o0 tail -f -n0 /var/log/messages | awk '{if ($9 == "Attached") print$8}'
This gives the usb…

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iPhone Memory Stick Windows Formatting (populating!) Q
SUMMARY: Cannot copy more than 32GB of files to a 128GB memory stick formatted under FAT32 or exFAT despite the fact that I can format the stick and ChkDsk is showing the correct results after formatting (and also when less than 32GB of files are on…

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Formatting SD card as TexFAT for WinCe
I am using MicroSD cards as the storage on an embedded system running WinCe. Recently I have found Cards made by the same manufacturer in different parts of the world have differences and cause us issues.
I read at the SD Association about the…

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deal with an improperly unmounted disk
I didn't properly unmount a new external disk which I mounted like:
jeremy@jr:~$ sudo mount -t exfat /dev/sdc1 /home/jeremy/exfat
FUSE exfat 1.2.3
and now I am stuck -
jeremy@jr:~$ df -h
df: /home/jeremy/exfat: Transport endpoint is not…

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