Try an fdisk and see if it will let you create a partition to format. On Sun, Aug 25, 2013 at 1:26 PM, Michael Havens wrote: > 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 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~(-: >>> >>> >>> ------------------------------**--------------------- >>> PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.phxlinux.**org >>> To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: >>> http://lists.phxlinux.org/**mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss >>> >>> >> ------------------------------**--------------------- >> PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.phxlinux.**org >> To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: >> http://lists.phxlinux.org/**mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss >> > > > --------------------------------------------------- > PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.phxlinux.org > To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: > http://lists.phxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss > -- A mouse trap, placed on top of your alarm clock, will prevent you from rolling over and going back to sleep after you hit the snooze button. Stephen