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| Author: Engys | Topic: Repair and format USB sticks | Last change: 2015-02-11 15:29:18 | ||||||||||||
Locate USB Stick:
fdisk -l
Fix bad USB Drive: (unable to open)
dd if=/dev/zero of=/dev/<device> count=1
Replace <device> with the device name you located with fdisk -l eg.: sde, sdf or what ever correspond to your USB stick?
fdisk /dev/<device>
You will get the following options: use ‘p’ to print the current partition table use ‘d’ to delete partition(s) use ‘n’ to create a new primary partition (p) use ‘p’ to print the new partition table use ‘w’ to write the new partition table use:
> n
> p for a new primary partition NTFS Format:
mkfs.ntfs -L <name> /dev/<device>
replace <name> and <device> -f = quick format -L = Lable Old Fat 32 Format: Partitioning:
cfdisk /dev/<device>
replace <device> with the device name Format:
mkdosfs -F 32 -I -n <stickname> /dev/<device>
replace <stickname> and <device> with name and devicename | ||||||||||||||
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