Chkdsk Linux equivalent for exfat?

[Spaceboy60]

Ok I need to check an exfat volume for errors. What's the best way to go about this in Linux without having to reboot to Windows?

[deck_luck]

You should read the fsck.exfat man page. It is a small man page and an easy ready. See the following example:

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$ man fsck.exfat 
...
$ sudo fsck.exfat -pv /dev/sdb2

exfatprogs version : 1.1.3
volume label [exFAT]
sector size:  512.00 B
cluster size: 32.00 KB
volume size:  547.00 MB
/dev/sdb2: clean. directories 1, files 1

$

The /dev/sdb2 is an example only, and your device name may be different. Use the sudo lsblk -f command to help identify your storage device name. Likewise, the file system should be unmounted before attempting the fsck.exfat command.

[Hoser Rob]

I don't have any exfat format stuff but in general there is simply no Linux equivalent for chkdsk. That's because the ntfs format is not fully documented. I've used Hiren's Boot Disk on a USB stick to fix ntfs formatted external HDs a couple of times because the Linux file system repair tools aren't reliable with ntfs. I solved that by formatting all my external drives to ext4 since I don't have any Windows anymore.

[Spaceboy60]

You should read the fsck.exfat man page. It is a small man page and an easy ready. See the following example:

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$ man fsck.exfat 
...
$ sudo fsck.exfat -pv /dev/sdb2

exfatprogs version : 1.1.3
volume label [exFAT]
sector size:  512.00 B
cluster size: 32.00 KB
volume size:  547.00 MB
/dev/sdb2: clean. directories 1, files 1

$

The /dev/sdb2 is an example only, and your device name may be different. Use the sudo lsblk -f command to help identify your storage device name. Likewise, the file system should be unmounted before attempting the fsck.exfat command.

OK, thanks