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    32 gb usb flash drive does not work after attempt on formating

    I bought a cheap 32 gb usb flash drive in China which worked just fine on Ubuntu.
    However, when I attempted to tranfer som files to a Windows7 computer I got a message saying I had to format the flash drive before using. I did this, but the formating failed.
    When inserting the flash drive in Ubuntu again it was it was detected but unable to mount. I tried to format it again using GParted, but again it was unable to format.

    Now Ubuntu won't detect the flash drive when inserting. Windows7 does detect, but I get the message saying it needs formating.

    What to do?

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    Re: 32 gb usb flash drive does not work after attempt on formating

    gparted shouldn't have any problem formatting a usb, but if windows is happy then stick with ntfs. ubuntu can handle ntfs, maybe all you need is some tools

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    Re: 32 gb usb flash drive does not work after attempt on formating

    In Ubuntu, you'll want the following 2 programs to format NTFS:

    Code:
    sudo apt-get install gparted
    sudo apt-get install ntfsprogs
    Then use Gparted like normal to format/resize/whatever the NTFS partition.

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    Re: 32 gb usb flash drive does not work after attempt on formating

    Post the output from 'sudo fdisk -l'

    also, does the drive have any special features, eg. U3? these are good on windows but can interfere with normal operation on linux.
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    Re: 32 gb usb flash drive does not work after attempt on formating

    the simplest answer is probably to format on windows. linux can read it
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