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  1. December 5th, 2011 #1
    erinod
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    Bootable USB thumbdrive doesn't show up to be reformatted

    Hi all,

    I have a usb thumbdrive that is formatted as a bootable start up disk for ubuntu. Now that my ubuntu os is installed, I want to take back my thumb drive for other uses, but it doesnt show up in my disk utility so that I can reformat it. Any help would be appreciated.

    Thanks!
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  2. December 5th, 2011 #2
    C.S.Cameron
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    Re: Bootable USB thumbdrive doesn't show up to be reformatted

    Have you tries gparted?
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  3. December 5th, 2011 #3
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    Re: Bootable USB thumbdrive doesn't show up to be reformatted

    Try
    Code:
    sudo modprobe usb-storage
    if module usb-storage is not loaded at startup.
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