The journaling feature can help keep records of any data alternation and further recover data from the file system when data stored on it is damaged or gets lost. Formatting your exFAT external drive can cause your data originally present on it to be gone temporarily or permanently.īesides, the exFAT file system has no journaling feature. However, an issue might come - data loss.
#How to reformat a usb drive to exfat mac#
Since the exFAT file system is compatible with both Windows and Mac OS, it is a nice option to format your flash drives as exFAT for storing and transferring data between different operating systems. Huge partitions are also supported by the exFAT file system, up to 128 pebibytes. Easily store files with a size of more than 4GB in the exFAT hard drive. Because of its system suitability for both Windows and Mac computers and large file support features, the exFAT system has been widely used in big storage media like USB flash drive and external hard drive. exFAT, short for Extended File Allocation Table, is a file system specifically designed for flash memory including USB flash drive and SD card. If you have no both Windows and Mac computers, you might wonder what exFAT is. Then you only need to mark files you are going to recover from exFAT drive and click the "Recover" button to save them on your computer’s partition.
You can preview the files from the exFAT hard drive to check whether your lost data can be reclaimed or not. Preview and recover Data from the exFAT driveĪfter the scan, the found files on your exFAT drive will be listed in the "File Type" or "Path" category. It will deeply search for more files from the exFAT drive. If it cannot find your data, you can try to scan again with the "All-around Recovery" data recovery mode.
Recoverit will start a quick scan to search for deleted or formatted data. Please select your exFAT drive on the list and click the "Start" button to move forward. Make sure you have connected your exFAT drive to the computer and also it can be recognized. To recover deleted or formatted items from the exFAT drive, please select the "External Devices Recovery" data recovery mode to start. Select a data recovery mode to get started
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