Hi,
This is my first post hoping to find a solution from some Windows guru.
My question affects all versions of Windows, which presumably support GPT partitions.
I have a USB stick that I partitioned using GPT scheme. I have about 4 or 5 partitions, one of them is an ESP so that I can boot my different OS flavours off this stick.
I happen to have an NTFS partition on this stick. I thought this way I can share data between Linux and Windows using this partition on the USB.
To my surprise, Windows File Explorer cannot read any of the partitions on the USB! Actually; diskmgmt reflects the partitions correctly. However, in the file explorer, a message pops up that Windows needs to format the partition in order to be able to use it.
Now my problem is that the NTFS partition is not the first one on the USB. It just happens to be the 4th. So Windows actually tries to access my USB ESP and format it destroying my set-up..!
Is there a way to make Windows read the GPT partitions on a USB stick correctly?
By the way; Windows seems to have the same problem with external USB hard disks partitioned this way.
Thank you.
** If there is something special to GPT Partitions on USB drives in the UEFI standard please quote or refer.
This is my first post hoping to find a solution from some Windows guru.
My question affects all versions of Windows, which presumably support GPT partitions.
I have a USB stick that I partitioned using GPT scheme. I have about 4 or 5 partitions, one of them is an ESP so that I can boot my different OS flavours off this stick.
I happen to have an NTFS partition on this stick. I thought this way I can share data between Linux and Windows using this partition on the USB.
To my surprise, Windows File Explorer cannot read any of the partitions on the USB! Actually; diskmgmt reflects the partitions correctly. However, in the file explorer, a message pops up that Windows needs to format the partition in order to be able to use it.
Now my problem is that the NTFS partition is not the first one on the USB. It just happens to be the 4th. So Windows actually tries to access my USB ESP and format it destroying my set-up..!
Is there a way to make Windows read the GPT partitions on a USB stick correctly?
By the way; Windows seems to have the same problem with external USB hard disks partitioned this way.
Thank you.
** If there is something special to GPT Partitions on USB drives in the UEFI standard please quote or refer.