Solved: Upgrade FAT to exFAT

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mister_v
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Solved: Upgrade FAT to exFAT

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Hi

I want to upgrade my external usb-disk from FAT to exFAT,
so it can handle files bigger than 4GB.

I'm using Ubuntu linux,
standard it has no support for exFAT.
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Re: Upgrade FAT to exFAT

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First of all you need to install the drivers

To add the correct repository:

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sudo apt-add-repository ppa:relan/exfat
To update your package list:

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sudo apt-get update
To install fuse-exfat and exfat-utils packages:

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sudo apt-get install fuse-exfat exfat-utils

Then upgrade you external drive.
It should keep your data on the drive,
But just to be sure make a backup.

You can get a list of all your drives:

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sudo fdisk -l
now covert the files system with the following command:

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sudo mkfs.exfat -n NEWLABEL /dev/sdX1
Optional you can do a file system check:

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sudo fsck.exfat /dev/sdXn

Now you can get write files bigger then 4GB on your disk.
mister_v
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Re: Upgrade FAT to exFAT

Post by mister_v »

Thanks that worked
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