Windows 10: downloads won't open from exFAT drive and nothing will install to a NTFS formatted drive.

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  1. MISTYKITTENO.O
    MistyKittenO.O Win User

    downloads won't open from exFAT drive and nothing will install to a NTFS formatted drive.


    HELP ME PLEASE WHY WILL MY PC NOT INSTALL STUFF TO NTFS AND NOT OPEN STUFF FROM exFAT????

    :)
     
    MistyKittenO.O, May 29, 2020
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  2. MARQUE LOR
    Marque Lor Win User

    Formating to exFAT

    Hi Taylor,

    If you want to format an external hard drive or USB flash drive in exFAT, you can follow these steps:



    • Press and hold Windows key + x on your keyboard. This open the context menu.
    • Select Command Prompt (Admin).
    • Type format g: /FS:exFAT and then Enter to begin formatting the G drive as exFAT
    For any query, feel free to reach us.
     
    Marque Lor, May 29, 2020
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  3. BERTON
    Berton Win User
    NTFS formatted USB drive cannot be safely removed - use exFAT?

    Drives formatted as exFAT can be used on Windows, Macintosh and Linux Operating Systems. Thumb drives usually come formatted as FAT32 which is okay on the same systems but Windows cannot natively format/reformat as FAT32 larger than 32GB. When I have a need to change to get the NTFS-support for files of 4.1GB and larger I use a Linux Mint machine and the GPARTED program in it or a GPARTED bootable CD made from an .iso file that is freely downloadable. The exFAT drives can also accommodate large files. My latest WDC 4TB USB HDD came formatted as exFAT, works fine and seems a little faster in file transfers than a 2TB NTFS drive, both USB 3.0.
     
    Berton, May 29, 2020
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  4. DAVIDBAILEYYZ
    DavidBaileyyz Win User

    downloads won't open from exFAT drive and nothing will install to a NTFS formatted drive.

    exFat vs NTFS

    ExFat can only save files up to 4 GBs.

    If you save a 20 GB file using it, you end up with at least 5 files instead of 1.

    Which would be the case if you were using NTFS format on your device.

    NTFS can handle any sized file intact.

    I only use Fat32 or exFat format on usb drives less than 32 GBs to create rescue drives.

    Which format is needed to create such drives.

    Google it.
     
    DavidBaileyyz, May 29, 2020
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