How do I format a USB Stick?

[ampersand]

Having trouble finding an answer to this straightforward query. Please enlighten me Pupsters.

[ally]

hey &

plug it in, make sure it's not 'mounted'

menu>system>gparted

select appropriate drive

in gparted screen right-click and format away

simples....

[ampersand]

Thanks ally.

I'm trying it as we speak. GParted has been reading the device for some time now but I suppose that's to be expected for a 64GB drive over USB.

Maybe you could help with this; the reason I'm trying to format it is that I copied some files over this afternoon which apparently failed and when I viewed the drive their icons were warning triangles and it wouldn't let me delete them due to Input/Output error. Hardware failure shouldn't be an issue as its a new device.

[Smithy]

If you get no joy from GParted (but it should do the job ok)

If you have Windows, there is kill Disk, a free program that definitely will destroy your data and then bring your usb flash back from the dead.

Tried it a couple of times when Puppy did a mess all over the usb carpet and
it solved the problem.
Actually, it might run under Wine if you can't be bothered to boot up Billy, not sure tho'.

[ally]

if the file system has corrupted try right-click and 'check'

pdisk from the system menu is also available to delete partitions and re-format

had to use once with a disc that refused to format in gparted

good luck

[peterw]

Hi

I have had the occasional usb stick that g-parted could not see. pdisk may do it as stated and there is an easy to use HP programme that, unfortunately, only works in windows. It is:
http://download.cnet.com/HP-USB-Disk-St ... 74082.html.
or google hp usb format tool.

Regards

[Galbi]

http://www.pendriveapps.com/bootice-par ... ot-sector/

for windows, sorry