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How to get a drive formatted with exfat working?

In Ubuntu 13.04 there was an option to use the PPA by Relan in order to get ExFat functionality. Seeing that in Ubuntu this functionality is now available from the repositories without the PPA I tried ...
16 votes
2 answers
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What is the best way to format a USB stick such that it can be used with both Linux and Windows?

What is the best way to format a USB stick such that it can be used with both Linux and Windows 10? Also what is the best practice for formatting a USB stick? Is it best to format the USB stick only ...
510 votes
12 answers
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How to install software or upgrade from an old unsupported release?

Recently I have installed an older version of Ubuntu on my old machine. Whenever I try to install any software, I get an error saying it couldn't be found: $ sudo apt-get install vlc Reading package ...
2 votes
2 answers
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Unable to mount NTFS drive

I'm new to Ubuntu and am trying to re-mount my internal 3Tb hard drive. It had been working, but when I restarted the system, it wouldn't mount. I've tried every solution that Google could find, but ...
9 votes
1 answer
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Unable to access a new USB stick [duplicate]

I have Ubuntu 18.04.2 LTS on my laptop. Got a new USB Stick (Samsung) for storing extra files and I am unable to access it. When I insert it, the folder shows up but when I click on it, it says: ...
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1 answer
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Cannot access USB drive - non-zero exit status 32: mount: unknown [duplicate]

I am trying to access my FAT32 USB drive. There is an error when I try accessing it. I just want to access it read-only. The error I get is: Error mounting /dev/sde at /media/mink/34D2-84FB: ...
41 votes
6 answers
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How do you repair an "input/output error" in an NTFS partition?

I replaced a buggy Windows Vista installation with Ubuntu. All works fine except that the main HD where I had all my files are now inaccessible. Here is the error message I get: Error mounting: ...
1 vote
1 answer
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Unable to access external hard disk "unknown filesystem type 'exfat'" [duplicate]

Error mounting systems managed device /dev/sdb1: Command-line mount"/mnt/5617-A6EF" exited with non-zero exit status 32:mount:mnt/5617-A6EF:unknown filesystem type 'exfat'. How to fix this?
2 votes
1 answer
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Why can't Ubuntu mount my exfat pen drive? [duplicate]

I format the pen drive in Windows as exfat, but Ubuntu can't mount it. Which format do I have to use for Ubuntu?
32 votes
1 answer
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Unable to mount my external exfat disk [duplicate]

It is saying this: Error mounting /dev/sdc2 at /media/sudheer/Untitled: Command-line `mount -t "exfat" -o "uhelper=udisks2,nodev,nosuid,uid=1000,gid=1000, iocharset=utf8,namecase=0,errors=remount-...
1 vote
1 answer
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Unable to access on SD Card [duplicate]

suddenly I get an error on my SD Card (look at the image) and now I can't see what it is inside it or use it. I never done any works or something strange since I've bought it months ago. I think it's ...
3 votes
2 answers
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Unable to Mount flash or hard drive on Ubuntu 16.04 [duplicate]

Whenever I try to mount flash drives or hardrives I get the following message: Error mounting /dev/sdb1 at /media/tony/0457-C92C: Command-line `mount -t "exfat" -o "uhelper=udisks2,nodev,nosuid,uid=...
1 vote
1 answer
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Can't mount exfat SD Card [duplicate]

I have some problem recently, after upgrade to Ubuntu 16.04 I can't read my exfat SD Card anymore. I double checked, got exfat-fuse and exfat-utils installed, and when I check devices I can see my ...
-1 votes
1 answer
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Error while trying to mount pendrive with exFAT [duplicate]

When I insert my pendrive I am given this error: Error mounting: mount: unknown filesystem type 'exfat' This is the VX-EDU version.
4 votes
1 answer
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unable to mount sd card from sony camera to ubuntu 16.04.1 system [duplicate]

I have a Sony CyberShot DSC-H70 camera, with a SanDisk 128 GB Extreme SD card. After taking 50 or so pictures, I decided to mount the card onto my Toshiba Satellite C655 running Ubuntu 16.04.1, but ...

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