Jan 20, 2011 · In Windows there is a straightforward "Format" option in a flash drive's right-click pop-up menu. Where's that in Ubuntu?

May 29, 2021 · Using Ubuntu 11.10, how do I format an external or USB drive? I don't find an option to 'format' when I right click. In the new version, the drives don't come up on the …

Well, one could try zero'ing the raw block device to see if that can work. If you can write to that then you may be able to create a clean partition table, create a new partition and format that. …

21 What is the best way to format a USB stick such that it can be used with both Linux and Windows 10? Also what is the best practice for formatting a USB stick? Is it best to format the …

Jul 10, 2017 · When I format a drive to NTFS under Windows and plug it into the Ubuntu machine, it is perfectly usable. But when I format it under Ubuntu using Disks (delete all partitions and …

I am using the dd command to erase a pen drive with this: sudo dd if=/dev/zero of=/dev/sdd bs=4k && sync where /dev/sdd is the designated device. The pen drive is 16GB in size and …

Closed 13 years ago. Possible Duplicate: How to format a USB flash drive? How do I clear everything (data, viruses) from a thumbdrive? How to format a pen drive in Ubuntu? I have this …

Oct 25, 2017 · Can't format my usb drive. I have already tried with mkdosfs and gparted The drive is read-only: I do not mean that there is a read-only file system, but that the drive is readable …

Aug 18, 2015 · I'm a total newbie in Linux specially Ubuntu, I'm just asking on how to format a USB using Ubuntu terminal. Hope you can help me thanks!

May 31, 2018 · Does the USB I'm booting from need a specific format to work? I have a USB stick capable of being formatted to FAT32, NTFS and one or two more different formats. If I …