Windows 10: exFAT drive not showing up on Windows 11/10

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When some Windows users plugged in their exFAT drive, their system refused to recognize it and the drive did not show up in the File Explorer. In this post, we will discuss this issue in detail and see what you can do to resolve the issue. So, if the exFAT drive is not showing up […]

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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.

 

Resizing exFAT partition with Windows results in corruption of drive?

Resizing a drive's exFAT partition with Windows 11 results in corruption of drive and loss of data.

Steps:
1. Insert flash drive. (Use an empty spare. Warning: Data may be lost!)
2. Format drive to exFAT file system.
3. Go to Windows Settings, System, Storage, Storage management, Disks & volumes.
4. Go to proper drive partition, Properties.
5. Change size of exFAT IFS partition to anything except default.
6. Remove drive, reinsert. Windows states "Volume does not contain recognized file system" (RAW, can not read, asks to format).

Notes:
By Windows 11, I mean the default Storage management available in Settings.
It seems "Change size" should not be available for exFAT?

Probably due to volume or boot information being modified incorrectly.
Windows will only format to this "new" size until using another tool to properly format the entire volume.
Have not tested old Disk Management to see if it behaves correctly (or prohibits resizing exFAT).
I've tried two drives with sames results (2TB SSD lost data, but had backup, confirmed steps with spare flash drive).
Windows can not run chkdsk on drive because it has no drive letter.
Other app (AOMEI PA) can run chkdsk, states "Corruption was found while examining boot region" but did not fix .
TestDisk can view data (neat), possibly recoverable. After quick format, can not view data.
TestDisk can repair boot sector (restore backup), but did not fix.

Hope this can be confirmed by others, help others avoid losing data, eventually Microsoft fixes (assuming it's not just me).

Info:

Windows 11 Pro (version 22H2, build 22621.2134)

Samsung T7 Shield 2TB SSD (portable drive, USB, exFAT)

Samsung FIT 64GB (flash drive, USB, exFAT)

 

Windows 10 Tweaks

Pressing “Windows+Pause Break” (it’s up there next to scroll lock) opens the “System” Window.

Windows 10: In the new version of Windows, Explorer has a section called Quick Access. This includes your frequent folders and recent files. Explorer defaults to opening this page when you open a new window. If you’d rather open the usual This PC, with links to your drives and library folders, follow these steps:

• Open a new Explorer window.
• Click View in the ribbon.
• Click Options.
• Under General, next to “Open File Explorer to:” choose “This PC.”
• Click OK

credit to Lifehacker.