Hi, I was trying to use my exFAT External SSD to transfer files between Ubuntu and Windows. However, Ubuntu couldn't recognise the file system. After some research I found that exFAT is not installed by default, so I tried to install a driver but was unable to do so.
I'm using Ubuntu 24.04
install 'exfat-fuse'
by either terminal:
sudo apt install exfat-fuse
or by using a GUI based installer of your choice 
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Is that it? and do I have to restart?
no, you don't need to restart.
In that case I already tried that but it still hasn't worked
On my rig it works immediately after installing exfat-fuse
no idea why it does not work on yours.
Let's get to the bottom of this:
- unplug the disk
- reboot
- login again
- connect the disk again
You should now be able to read and write to the disk.
if it fails:
- insert an empty USB-stick
- format it as ex-fat using 'disks'
- test it:
if it fails -> something is wrong with your install
if it succeeds -> something is wrong with your disk
you might want to use 'disks' to check the disk for errors.
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I don't know if this will help but when trying to format it to FAT on my Ubuntu desktop I get this error
It seems to me that you have way bigger problems than "not being able to read exFAT".
I don't know the history behind this disk but if this disk is really exFAT, mount it on MS-Windows and do a diskcheck.
After the check, safely remove the disk before you logout/shutdown.
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I got it from here.
You mean it is new and empty ?
In that case do a disk format to get rid of both partitions
- choose GPT as partitiontable
- create one partition spanning the whole disk (align on 1MiB)
- fast format exFAT
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Oh I forgot one thing:
According to the link you provided, the 4TB-ssd did cost you £29.97
The usual marketprice is more than tenfold this amount.
I have a slight feeling that something is fishy here.
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