I just installed Ubuntu 20.04.1 by getting rid of Ubuntu 18.04.2. I had backed up my data on an HDD before installation because I intended to wipe it all out.
There were no issues while transferring any files with colon (:) in their names to the drive, but now when I try to do the same I get an error.
Can anybody explain how this could have happened?
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Is your drive formatted with fat32? If so, that might be the cause of the problem, as fat32 does not allow colons in filenames. In general, windows filesystems do not allow filenames with colons.
Can you access the other files from your upgraded ubuntu 20.04 system? Are the files with colons in their name listed at all? What is the error that you are seeing?
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