There is one thing you can try before absolutely tossing it. Run dd as root with the following code: sudo dd if=/dev/zero of=/dev/sdb
And let her run. That should erase everything on that stick, including partition info, boot sector and the like.
If there is a problem, dd will very quickly quit with an error.
-Eric
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> On Jan 16, 2023, at 7:23 PM, Michael via PLUG-discuss <plug-discuss@lists.phxlinux.org> wrote:
>
> yeah. I think all is loast. I finally got around to looking at the gparted report:
>
> ========================================
>
> Device: /dev/sdd
> Model: SanDisk Ultra
> Serial:
> Sector size: 512
> Total sectors: 60063744
>
> Heads: 255
> Sectors/track: 2
> Cylinders: 117772
>
> Partition table: none
>
> Partition Type Start End Flags Partition Name File System Label Mount Point
> /dev/sdd Unpartitioned 0 60063743 iso9660 Kali Live
> ========================================
>
> Format /dev/sdd as ext4 00:00:17 ( ERROR )
>
> calibrate /dev/sdd 00:00:00 ( SUCCESS )
>
> path: /dev/sdd (device)
> start: 0
> end: 60063743
> size: 60063744 (28.64 GiB)
> clear old file system signatures in /dev/sdd 00:00:17 ( ERROR )
>
> write 512.00 KiB of zeros at byte offset 0 00:00:17 ( ERROR )
>
> libparted messages ( ERROR )
>
> Unable to open /dev/sdd read-write (Read-only file system). /dev/sdd has been opened read-only.
> Can't write to /dev/sdd, because it is opened read-only.
> Can't write to /dev/sdd, because it is opened read-only.
>
> On Mon, Jan 16, 2023 at 7:55 PM Michael <bmike1@gmail.com <mailto:bmike1@gmail.com>> wrote:
> any advice before I toss it? I suppose I could buy a chain and wear it around my neck!
>
> On Mon, Jan 16, 2023 at 7:53 PM Michael <bmike1@gmail.com <mailto:bmike1@gmail.com>> wrote:
> lovely, my 32gb ultra is toast. I started gparted to see if I could format it and the square showing the partitions and usage is gray (as well as the file system icon).
>
> On Mon, Jan 16, 2023 at 7:16 PM Steve Litt via PLUG-discuss <plug-discuss@lists.phxlinux.org <mailto:plug-discuss@lists.phxlinux.org>> wrote:
> Eric Oyen via PLUG-discuss said on Mon, 16 Jan 2023 16:38:57 -0700
>
> >For most things, I use USB sticks in
> >a write once, read many configuration scenario.
>
> Another thing I've found anecdotally that helps lengthen the USB stick
> life, whether write once or write a bunch, is to format it as Ext4. I
> don't think I ever had one go bad as Ext4, but I have with the windows
> format they're shipped with. Of course, if you have to interact with
> windows computers or devices expecting windows formated USB sticks, my
> trick becomes useless.
>
> SteveT
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