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Originally Posted by JSWolf
Is there a way of replacing whatever program Kobo is using to format the partition with a version that would format the partition such that Win 10U will see it properly?
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Possible yes. But unknown whether it would help.
Kobo itself just uses busybox for mkfs.vfat and dosfstools fsck. Actually I copied Debian ARM binaries of dosfstools over and that version of fsck corrupted my user partition in the end... maybe I did something wrong.
Blindly introducing new binaries for these things can just as well cause new problems. It requires a lot of testing - and doesn't help in understanding the root cause of the problem.
If we knew what exactly is causing the issue in the first place, maybe there is a fix that does not require reformatting, that would be the best. Kobo should be able to get an expert (developers of the mentioned tools, people who know FAT filesystem really well) to advise them on this issue. If it keeps affecting all their readers it's certainly important enough to not blindly muddle through.
Let's see what the next firmware update does if anything, it should be soon since new devices coming too?
Or maybe it will be fixed on windows side after all... looking at some windows forums, there seem to be issues with more devices than just Kobo