Written by Lucy John on May 02, 2023
Four letter word M-O-R-E has great significance in reality. In every little aspect, people always look for something more… oops! Even now the word ‘more’ has come into picture. But why are we discussing about this now? Confused? Relax it’s simple.
When it comes with Windows file system, widely used types are FAT, NTFS and exFAT file systems. NTFS is the latest version in current. Windows uses NTFS as default for most of non-removable drives. FAT32 is primitive file system, it is not as efficient as NTFS and but does has much greater compatibility with operating systems.
And this is the reason for emergence of exFAT, something more than usual. exFAT is a replacement for FAT32 file systems and it supports more devices and OS compared to NTFS. Users make use of exFAT when larger file size and limit of partition comes into consideration. And when compatibility is needed than NTFS, then exFAT stands strong in it. Likewise, there are many advantages in using exFAT FS but at the same time, problems arrive on the way of exFAT journey of service.
“Hey all! I do use an USB flash drive from past one year. The drive was initially formatted with exFAT type of file system. It worked well for entire 365+ days but now it is not detected by Windows. All my friends are suggesting me to give flash drive a clear format. But I cannot take a risk of losing data from it since there’s no backup for it. I really need a way to resolve this issue. Please someone pull me out of this complicated situation.”
What should a common man do when his exFAT USB starts to create problem? Throw them away? Not at all…! There are ways to overcome this kind of problem. Find them below.
Three main reasons provoke such issue and they are connectivity, compatibility (with OS upgrade) and correct device drivers. Since, exFAT works on multiplatforms – Windows, Mac OS X, Ubuntu, Linux, etc. chances are that changes in platform or any other components can make the USB inactive.
Try to use USB drive on any other port. If still doesn’t work, then connect it to some other system and check whether it works or not.
Even upon updating drivers, if problem continues to exist then it might be due to compatibility issue. You can just format the drive and can use backup to reuse them on flash drive again. But what if you do not possess a backup copy? Format and worry about data lost?
You can proceed with a format but before that take a backup using reliable application called as Yodot Hard Drive Recovery.
This application is programmed in a way making file restoration easier, simpler and intact. The advanced scanning algorithms of this utility scans every sector ensuring proven result. This software supports external hard drives and storage interfaces like ATA, PATA, SATA, etc. Windows 11, 10, 8.1, 8, 7, XP, Vista, Server 2003 and Server 2008 versions of operating system are compatible with this tool.
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