format usb

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Michael, I am no following the thread but: 

BEFORE PLUGING IN THE DRIVE:
cp /proc/partitions /tmp/partitions 

AFTER PLUGING IN THE DRIVE:
sdiff -s /proc/partitions /tmp/partitions 

Whatever you see is your partition, then:
dd if=/dev/zero of=/dev/sd${YOUR_PARTITION_THAT_YOU_FOUND_ABOVE} 

Then create a new partition (cfdisk) and mk2fs it.
YMMV...
ET 

 


Michael Havens writes: 

> well.... I just went to officemax to see if windows could format it. it
> could not and the guys there said my drive was corrupted. So I bought a new
> one. I still have the 'corrupted' drive if there are any ideas out there in
> plug land about how to fix it. (it is so upsetting.... the drive isn't a
> year old yet) 
> 
> :-)~MIKE~(-: 
> 
> 
> On Sun, Aug 25, 2013 at 12:16 PM, Brian Cluff <brian at snaptek.com> wrote: 
> 
>> Pull the drive out and do:
>> cat /proc/partitions 
>>
>> Then insert the drive into your computer, count to 10 and run the above
>> command again.  The new drive that shows up is the one you just inserted.
>>  If you don't see any differences, run it again, the drive just might be
>> slow in connecting to you system.  If it doesn't show up at all, it might
>> be damaged and isn't going to show up... try turning it off and back on
>> again :) 
>>
>> Brian Cluff 
>>
>>
>> On 08/25/2013 11:05 AM, Michael Havens wrote: 
>>
>>> Well,  I stuck a usb drive into the computer, opened a terminal, and
>>> copied files to it. Then I forgot to umount the drive and pulled the
>>> drive out. Now I need to format it and do not know how to do that. How
>>> do I see what the drive is being called when I stick it in?
>>> :-)~MIKE~(-: 
>>>
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