Mount exFAT

[gillespie]

I'm using 10.6.5 and recently I found a hard drive that has an exFAT partition on it. I suspect that partition contains the TrueCrypt container that I've been looking for, but I can't seem to be able to mount it on OSX to get to the files within that partition.

Is there any way I can mount this exFAT partition? I'm running the hard drive on an external dock.

 

[GGJstudios]

FAT32 (File Allocation Table)

• Read/Write FAT32 from both native Windows and native Mac OS X.
• Maximum file size: 4GB.
• Maximum volume size: 2TB

NTFS (Windows NT File System)

• Read/Write NTFS from native Windows.
• Read only NTFS from native Mac OS X
• To Read/Write/Format NTFS from Mac OS X: Install NTFS-3G for Mac OS X (free)
• Some have reported problems using Tuxera (approx 33USD).
• Native NTFS support can be enabled in Snow Leopard, but is not advisable, due to instability.
• Maximum file size: 16 TB
• Maximum volume size: 256TB

HFS+ (Hierarchical File System, a.k.a. Mac OS Extended)

• Read/Write HFS+ from native Mac OS X
• Required for Time Machine or Carbon Copy Cloner backups of Mac internal hard drive.
• To Read/Write HFS+ from Windows, Install MacDrive
• To Read HFS+ (but not Write) from Windows, Install HFSExplorer
• Maximum file size: 8EiB
• Maximum volume size: 8EiB

exFAT (FAT64)

• Supported in Mac OS X only in 10.6.5 or later.
• exFAT partitions created with OS X 10.6.5 are inaccessible from Windows 7
• Not all Windows versions support exFAT. See disadvantages.
• exFAT (Extended File Allocation Table)
• Maximum file size: 16 EiB
• Maximum volume size: 64 ZiB

 

[gillespie]

So pretty much Windows 7 should be able to read this?

Its weird because I have Windows 7 in Bootcamp and I can't see it either...

 

[TheAshMan]

ExFat works fine with my Snow Leopard

I have been transferring files back and forth and it has worked great. Drive is at work, I will post back tomorrow AM (EST). Mine is whole volume though. Yours looks like 3 partitions

 

[gillespie]

I have been transferring files back and forth and it has worked great. Drive is at work, I will post back tomorrow AM (EST). Mine is whole volume though. Yours looks like 3 partitions

Yeah, and I can't get to that third one formatted with exFAT =(

 

[superericla]

Yeah, and I can't get to that third one formatted with exFAT =(

When you choose the exfat partition the top portion of disk utility should give you the option to mount the partition.