1 Topic by vstadnichenko (edited by gedakc 2016-05-04 21:38:16)

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Topic: [closed] hidden HPFS/NTFS

Is it possible to add support of hidden HPFS/NTFS in GParted? Currently MintStick image writer writes images to USB sticks in hidden HPFS/NTFS and they work fine, while GParted diagnoses them as unformatted.

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Re: [closed] hidden HPFS/NTFS

GParted uses other tools, such libparted and blkid, to recognize file systems.

Does parted, which also uses the libparted library, currently recognize these partitions?

For example:

sudo parted -l