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For anyone running a Linux-Windows dual boot setup, it quickly becomes evident that sharing files seamlessly between the two operating systems is an unexpected challenge. At first blush, it seems almost counterintuitive—for two OSes running on the same hardware, sharing RAM, CPU, and GPU...

Sony engineers have made significant strides in elevating the performance of Microsoft’s exFAT file system on Linux—a development that resonates powerfully with both Linux enthusiasts and users with dual-boot setups. This leap forward in technology comes as part of an ongoing collaboration...

The discovery of CVE-2025-21180 serves as a stark reminder that even the most fundamental components of our operating systems can harbor critical vulnerabilities. This particular flaw—a heap-based buffer overflow in the Windows exFAT file system—could allow a local attacker to execute arbitrary...

An "unclean file system" or "unclean volume" occurs when a data storage device (e.g. USB stick) is disconnected without being safely unmounted. At the next connection, Windows asks the user to "repair" the volume, meaning running CHKDSK. From experience, I know that Windows 7 does not allow...

I do not understand formatting with different operating systems. An example would be using a flash drive in my computer running windows 11 and formatting it at the default which is fat 32. Then I insert in either a Chromebook or a MacBook or Linux each having different operating systems. When my...

Basically, bought a new laptop which did not come with preinstalled windows. I wanted to download a windows 10 (installer?) Onto a usb-stick, but since it was in Fat32 format, it did not allow any files larger than 4gb on the drive, i formatted the drive to ExFat to allow me to put the 5.4gb...

I am trying to transfer about 7GB of data (photos) to an external hdd that holds 400GB. As per some instructions on the web I formatted the drive to NTFS and exFat nevertheless I still can't make this transfer.

I have a n external drive with Macrium images, photos, and other important files. I am running Windows 11. I just tried to use the Windows image backup and it cannot work with exfat which the external drive is- Windows says the external drive needs to be formatted in NTFS. How can I solve this...

Is fat 32 acceptable for most pen drives. I have read that exFat is also a choice; is it true?

Mike submitted a new resource: FAT32 Format - Quickly convert exFAT or NTFS back to FAT32 Read more about this resource...

Hi all, I just upgraded from Windows 10 32bits to 64. I used an external hard drive for that and of course, I didn't think about it, everything is gone. Some of it wasn't backed up, so I'd like to get the data back if possible, it'd mean the world to me. My little bit of hope is that my hard...

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Hello. So, I have this 2 TB HDD and up until about a week ago Windows 10 stopped detecting it. I connected it to my laptop also running Windows 10 and reformatted it to FAT32. Was that the ring thing to do or should I have formatted it to NTSF? Windows 10 (this computer) still can't detect the...

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Hi, i have just bought a sandisk 64gb extreme pro sdxc memory card for my camera, it works fine in the camera and saves pics to it, but every time i open it in windows it tells me i have to format the card, when i do format it, it goes through the whole process and then tells me the operation...

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Describes the default values that are used by Windows when a volume is formatted to NTFS, FAT or exFAT. Link Removed