I accidentally messed up USB drive in Linux Ubuntu 22.04 LTS!

[saddie2]

The USB 16 GB drive was infected with some Windows virus, I didn't want to plug it in, so I decided to
install Linux Ubuntu 22.04 LTS on my other computer and then I've formatted that same USB drive using Linux terminal commands (I don't remember which one).
I've chosen quick formatting and in that moment I wasn't aware if selected file system was ext4 or ext3 or something else.
Because of that file system the USB drive is unusable in Windows machines, so in the future I'm only going to use it in Linux environment.


But the main problem is that today that same usb drive is unrecognized when plugged in Linux Ubuntu? I've tried to search for it using commands but I can't find it.
In addition to that, I've also tried to check the situation using Windows machine, it seems that Windows recognizes that usb device has been plugged in, but when I click on it it's greyed out,
it can't be formatted etc.

Is there any chance that this USB drive will ever be usable again? I don't mind losing all the data, I want to format it in Linux or Windows but I can't find the way to do it?

I've tried

df -h

command and

gparted

but with no success ...

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[saddie2]

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[ne29914]

Is this some virtual machine setup? It looks strange.

[saddie2]

Yes it is virtual machine because I thought my USB port is not functioning, but now I'm sure that USB port is working 100% fine with other USB flash drives that I just got for testing purposes.

[nimafanniasl]

Hmm, have you tried gnome disks?

[saddie2]

When I click on three dots, all options are greyed out, it only allows "Power Off"?

[tea for one]

Is there any chance that this USB drive will ever be usable again? I don't mind losing all the data, I want to format it in Linux or Windows but I can't find the way to do it?

Open Gparted
Insert the disk
Gparted > Refresh Devices
Select your target device
Device > Create Partition Table > msdos or gpt (user choice)

If that is successful, then you can create partition(s).

[saddie2]

Open Gparted
Insert the disk
Gparted > Refresh Devices
Select your target device
Device > Create Partition Table > msdos or gpt (user choice)

If that is successful, then you can create partition(s).

Inside Gparted I've refreshed devices, but nothing changes, it doesn't want to show it in Gparted,
I've tried multiple times, it only shows /dev/sda (60.00 GiB).
At the same time in Gnome disks, it shows his name USB DISK 2.0 and the device name is /dev/sdb
(see the screenshot)

When I click on three dots (in Gnome disks), all options are greyed out, it only allows "Power Off" (like in the post #6)?

[Holger_Gehrke]

The first step should be finding out if it's found on the USB when connected. Use the 'lsusb' command for that, once before connecting the drive and a second time a few seconds after connecting it. 'lsusb' shows all the connected devices, so comparing the output of the two runs should tell you whether the drive is seen. If the drive is visible in 'lsusb' but isn't mounted automatically and can't be seen in Gnome disk or gparted or 'sudo parted -l' / 'sudo fdisk -l' or 'lsblk', then running 'journalctl -b 0' or 'sudo dmesg' and looking at the contents of the file /var/log/syslog might tell you something about the problem.

Holger

[sudodus]

You can analyze the problem according to this link and if you are lucky, find a solution.