win 7 does not open a fat32 partition that works in linux

[iacaziatore]

I have an hdd where I put only data, I have several partitions (all FAT32)
One partition works in linux but not in windows
In ubuntu I can open the partition and see the videos in it
In windows 7 the partition has no name (only local disk) and i can't open it

Thank you
I apologize for my english

 

[SIW2]

Does that partition have a drive letter in win7 ?

 

[looked]

In windows 7 the partition has no name (only local disk) and i can't open it

Are you able to go to Computer Management then Disk Management?
Fully expand the window, on the left pane click on the drive you store the data and take a screenshot.

 

[iacaziatore]

the partition is Y
with easeus partitrion master I see fat32 partition, noe I read raw on win 7

 

[SIW2]

You could try using disk management to shrink it slightly, then extend it again.

 

[Megahertz07]

Y: is shown as RAW (Not formatted or formatted as ext4). Are you sure that under Linux it shows as Fat32?

 

[mrjimphelps]

I don't know all of your requirements, nor why you have so many partitions and such a varied combination of file system types (FAT32, NTFS, RAW). But in my opinion, unless you have a specific need for such complexity and variety, you should keep things a lot simpler than that.

If it was me, I would do the following:

• I would back up the Windows drive (drive C), and then back up the data that is stored on all the other drives.
• I would then remove all partitions, and create one big partition for the entire drive, formatted as NTFS. I would do this step in Windows, to make sure that Windows will be able to access the drive with no problem.
• I would then restore the Windows backup to the one big partition, making sure that the entire partition was available as the C: drive.
• I would then create folders for my data, and copy the data I backed up into those folders.

If you do this, your situation will be much simpler and less likely to have problems. Also, because you partitioned and formatted the drive in Windows, both Windows and Linux should have no trouble reading the drive.

Just curious, why do you have so many partitions and different types of file systems?

 

[looked]

I advise you copy everything in a safe place and format the drive to have only ONE partition.
To sort out your work you just create folders and sub-folders (directories).
For example in your data drive "D" (FAT32) you create folders Cascina, Cataloghi, Dati etc. etc.

 

[lehnerus2000]

If Ubuntu can see the partition and the contents I would copy the files to a new location (or use the "dd" command to image it) before attempting any fixes.

A friend of mine had a similar problem (dodgy HDD) and I was able to save a lot of files using Linux Mint, whereas Windows wouldn't even acknowledge the HDD's existence.

The trouble with using a single large directory to store all of your files is that it takes much longer to create a backup image and/or restore a backup image.

Here is my setup:

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If I only want to image/restore my Documents partition (~70 GB) it only takes a few minutes.

If I only had a System (~40 GB) and a Data partition (~2.46 TB) it would take hours to restore my documents.
I'd have to manually copy the files out of the image to get it done in a reasonable time.

 

[iacaziatore]

with ubuntu I can read files in Y partition, with windows 7 no but ubuntu says it is fat32 partition
I can't understand

 

[looked]

with ubuntu I can read files in Y partition, with windows 7 no but ubuntu says it is fat32 partition
I can't understand

In Windows there are rules and limitations regarding on how many partitions can be created on a hard disc, they can be primary partitions and extended partitions.
I don't understand why you need so many partitions and make your life complicated while you could simply create directories.
As I said if I were you, I would save all files and format the device.

 

[Barman58]

If you are going to Dual boot Windows and Linux and you expect to share a data drive there are certain suggestions I would make - As Both windows and Linux can Read and Write the NTFS filesystem it makes sense to use this for data drives, This should also apply to Fat32, but i have seen issues in the past with Fat32 formatted on Linux being read by other Operating systems.

One other thing is that when using NTFS you have to realise that although Linux does not use the file security built into NTFS, Windows does, so if you format NTFS from within Linux you have to apply the security to the disk before windows will read the drive, ( right click the drive and take ownership of the whole drive should be enough), although I would advise that formatting NTFS only from Windows would be the best idea.

 

[lehnerus2000]

Interesting

One other thing is that when using NTFS you have to realise that although Linux does not use the file security built into NTFS, Windows does, so if you format NTFS from within Linux you have to apply the security to the disk before windows will read the drive, ( right click the drive and take ownership of the whole drive should be enough), although I would advise that formatting NTFS only from Windows would be the best idea.

I always pre-partition my HDDs using GParted from a Live Linux CD/DVD/USB and I've never had that problem.
The only directories that have "access issues" are some Windows System ones (blocked by design).

Windows must apply/create the appropriate settings when it creates the Recycle and System Volume Information directories on the drive/partition (when files are first copied?).

The only issue I've had was with my first 3 TB HDD (GPT).
Linux had no issues, but the manufacturer's Windows motherboard driver in couldn't handle 3 TB.
This created a conflict where Linux treated it as 3 TB but Windows "thought" it was 2 TB.

I eventually solved the problem by deleting the motherboard driver and then allowing Windows to install its default driver.