exFAT driver from Vista runs under XP and 2003

I'm not sure if it is supposed to or not, but it looks like you can force install the exFAT driver into Windows XP and 2003 installations. I'm not sure if this will work with newer Vista builds, but for testing out removable media between Vista and XP boxes, it can be a handy trick.

I'm sure it is extremely unsupported but I'm not keeping any mission critical data on any exFAT partitions yet anyway.

For the curious, exFAT is the new way to get around the 32GB FAT32 limitation in Windows (2TB in theory), which is not backwards compatible with FAT32, but is aimed to be simple enough to put onto embedded devices, cameras, etc.

Extended FAT File System AddOn for XP & 2003

Discontinued

Website: http://blog.tiensivu.com/aaron/archives/32...P-and-2003.html

More Info: http://www.micro-nova.net/Forums/viewtopic...?f=19&t=211

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ty to Fox for the nice find.

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not working on PQI pendrive

Edited June 1, 200816 yr by grzegorzo

Thanks for the news...even if its bad news

Q: Did you install the addon or did you follow the instructions from the site?

how do I install this, would like to try

Ruben

how do I install this, would like to try

Ruben

Well if you followed the links I provided, maybe this could answer your question

I did,but normally you include an inf file -wanted to use your ini,but it needs some inf -or am I seeing this wrong

Ruben

Manual install of this addon is not supported, you have to integrate it

Hi rick, thanks for this. It looks pretty cool.

Is there any difference in operation between that of your addon and that of the exfatXP.reg as described in the links you provided? (Besides your addon being able to be / needing to be integrated, and the reg file being able to be installed on an existing system.) Also, the 2nd link, the Vista one, shows being able to format a partition using a command, but the 1st link , the XP one, just says you will now have access to your exfat partition. Will the addon, or the reg file, enable you to format exfat partitions while in XP?

Cheers and regards.

Manual install of this addon is not supported, you have to integrate it

could you support it, please?

Ruben

could you support it, please?

Use the reg file approach described in the links rick provided.

Cheers and regards.

its just I trust ricktendo more (.-))

Ruben

If DefaultInstall was possible with the INF I would have done it but its not

Hi ricktendo64. Sorry to be a pest, but you might not have noticed my questions above.

Is there any difference in operation between that of your addon and that of the exfatXP.reg as described in the links you provided?

...

Will the addon, or the reg file, enable you to format exfat partitions while in XP?

Thanks again in advance for your kind help and advice. I'm looking forward to playing with your addon the next time I reinstall.

Cheers and Regards.

I haven't had a chance to test this because the monitor on my test machine blew up a few days ago (my last CRT :crying_anim02: ) but I'm pretty sure that this will only give the ability to read and write to an already in place partition. See there's more to a filesystem than 2 files and a registry entry. This is the driver part of it that will allow you to use the partition natively from XP but I seriously doubt there's enough there to be able to format with it. I'm still using my exfat partition that I created way back when I wrote that post and have had (almost) no side effects from it. The only side effect was I was using it to test one of my update packs with vLite and vLite failed to integrate any hotfixes into it (I assume vLite was looking for free space and couldn't read the filesystem and aborted). I use that drive on a daily basis to cover my tracks when I'm doing things I ought to not be doing. There is also Ext2 File System Driver for Windows that I believe is able to format for you. That's the one I really need to test out. Anyway, you may need to install Vista, create the exfat partition and then install XP with the exfat driver to use it. Also the command I used

format F: /fs:exfat /q /a:4096

is for a quick format. If you aren't in a hurry, you should probably use

format F: /fs:exfat /a:4096

to do a full format. I haven't actually tried installing any programs on exfat because it's non-joarnaling which means data loss or corruption is very possible if you are writing to the drive during a power outage.

ty for clearing that up

bphlpt only difference is the "Start" flag number, in the Reg file he uses 2 but I use 3 (same as Vista)

Thanks fox and rick. I appreciate the info and fast response. 2 vs 3 == Auto vs Manual. Got it.

Cheers and Regards.

Edited June 5, 200816 yr by bphlpt

I am having a really difficult time deciding on which driver to use. Can someone help me out here?

The following three drivers have been released or updated within the last week so it's not like any of these are no longer in development. Halp?

1. http://www.fs-driver.org/

2. http://sourceforge.net/projects/ext2fsd

3. http://blog.tiensivu.com/aaron/archives/32...P-and-2003.html

They all seem like viable options. Does anyone know which one is best? There are also RVMi (or nLite, if you swing that way) add-ons for each of these.

On XP I guess it doesn't matter so much but I'd go with the first one simply because they spent the money ($500 or so I think) to get a digital signature so my bet would be on them to continue development on it.

exFAT File System Driver for Windows XP SP3 and SP2

Microsoft released exFAT driver for Windows XP SP3 and SP3 (KB955704)

Download the Windows XP update package now.

Release Date: January 27

Description of the exFAT file system driver update package

Good to know, addon discontinued...ryanvm and onepice im sure will add this to their updatepacks (I added it to spanish)

Nice waited a long time for this. The hotfix did replace my vista icon stylle shell32.dll it seems.

Nice waited a long time for this. The hotfix did replace my vista icon stylle shell32.dll it seems.

KB955704 contains : new shell32.dll, Uexfat.dll, new Ulib.dll, Ifsutil.dll, Fmifs.dll, Exfat.sys, Format.com and Fs_rec.sys.

cheers

Does The MS Hotfix Allow XP To Create exFAT Partitions?

Does The MS Hotfix Allow XP To Create exFAT Partitions?

After i did reboot i still head the same shell32.dll

Maybe my shell version whase the wrong size ore something.

I did get the option exFat format but it didnt work for me. Probably did not work for me because of my non original shell32.dll version.

Edited January 30, 200916 yr by UtCollector

I used this, Turkish version. I did not integrate it but ran it with a RunOnceEx command. MY shell32 stays the same as well.

Also, when i right click > format over a drive, now i have an option to format drives as exFat.