I really appreciate the help.... It errored out though. Here is what gparted reported: *Create Primary Partition #1 (ntfs, 232.88 GiB) on /dev/sdd* 00:00:37 ( ERROR ) create empty partition 00:00:00 ( SUCCESS ) *path: /dev/sdd1start: 2048end: 488396799size: 488394752 (232.88 GiB)* clear old file system signatures in /dev/sdd1 00:00:00 ( SUCCESS ) write 68.00 KiB of zeros at byte offset 0 00:00:00 ( SUCCESS ) write 4.00 KiB of zeros at byte offset 67108864 00:00:00 ( SUCCESS ) write 4.00 KiB of zeros at byte offset 250058108928 00:00:00 ( SUCCESS ) flush operating system cache of /dev/sdd 00:00:00 ( SUCCESS ) set partition type on /dev/sdd1 00:00:00 ( SUCCESS ) *new partition type: ntfs* create new ntfs file system 00:00:37 ( ERROR ) *mkntfs -Q -v -L "NexStar" /dev/sdd1* *Cluster size has been automatically set to 4096 bytes.Creating NTFS volume structures.Creating root directory (mft record 5)Creating $MFT (mft record 0)Creating $MFTMirr (mft record 1)Creating $LogFile (mft record 2)Creating $AttrDef (mft record 4)Creating $Bitmap (mft record 6)Creating $Boot (mft record 7)Creating backup boot sector.Creating $Volume (mft record 3)Creating $BadClus (mft record 8)Creating $Secure (mft record 9)Creating $UpCase (mft record 0xa)Creating $Extend (mft record 11)Creating system file (mft record 0xc)Creating system file (mft record 0xd)Creating system file (mft record 0xe)Creating system file (mft record 0xf)Creating $Quota (mft record 24)Creating $ObjId (mft record 25)Creating $Reparse (mft record 26)Syncing root directory index record.Syncing $Bitmap.Syncing $MFT.Updating $MFTMirr.Syncing device.* *Failed to sync device /dev/sdd1: Input/output errorSyncing device. FAILED* On Thu, Nov 24, 2016 at 2:28 PM, Stephen Partington wrote: > Get gparted and use it to take a look. Lots of USB drives have some wonky > trick they use. > > On Nov 24, 2016 12:04 PM, "Michael" wrote: > >> >> I got a problem. This new drive won't format. Linux saw it when I first >> plugged it in. I then tried copying some files to it which resulted in an >> error appearing after 5-10 minutes telling me to open windows and run >> 'chkdsk \f' on the device. Then I plugged it into windows10 and couldn't >> figure out how to open a terminal so I decided to format it. But it >> wouldn't format. When I attempt to it flashes twice a second for a little >> then a long flash then again quickly. So I figured I would attempt the >> format with Linux but Linux doesn't see the drive now so no formatting with >> it. Can someone help? >> -- >> :-)~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 > -- :-)~MIKE~(-: