How to Mount an exFAT Drive on Ubuntu Linux

Posted by linuxize on Apr 24, 2019 1:12 PM EDT
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exFAT (Extended File Allocation Table) is a proprietary Microsoft file system optimized for flash memory devices such as SD cards and USB flash drives. It was designed to replace the old 32bit FAT32 file system that cannot store files larger than 4 GB.

exFAT file system is supported by all the latest versions of Windows and macOS operating systems. Ubuntu, like most of the other major Linux distributions, doesn’t provide support for the proprietary exFAT filesystem by default.

If you are using Ubuntu as your operating system, chances are that at some point you will encounter an issue when trying to mount exFAT formatted USB drive.

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