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| From | Johnny <johnny@invalid.net> |
|---|---|
| Newsgroups | comp.os.linux.misc |
| Subject | Restoring your USB key to it's original state using Linux: |
| Date | 2015-04-09 10:37 -0500 |
| Organization | albasani.net |
| Message-ID | <20150409103748.0ba63bd8@jmspc> (permalink) |
I thought this would be helpful information for someone having trouble
with a USB stick. I restored one that I was going to throw away, using
these instructions.
http://www.pendrivelinux.com/restoring-your-usb-key-partition/
Restoring your USB key to it's original state using Linux:
A. First we need to delete the old partitions that remain on the USB key.
Open a terminal and type sudo su
Type fdisk -l and note your USB drive letter.
Type fdisk /dev/sdx (replacing x with your drive letter)
Type d to proceed to delete a partition
Type 1 to select the 1st partition and press enter
Type d to proceed to delete another partition (fdisk should automatically select the second partition)
B. Next we need to create the new partition.
Type n to make a new partition
Type p to make this partition primary and press enter
Type 1 to make this the first partition and then press enter
Press enter to accept the default first cylinder
Press enter again to accept the default last cylinder
Type w to write the new partition information to the USB key
Type umount /dev/sdx1 (replacing x with your drive letter)
C. The last step is to create the fat filesystem.
Type mkfs.vfat -F 32 /dev/sdx1 (replacing x with your USB key drive letter)
That's it, you should now have a restored USB key with a single fat 32
partition that can be read from any computer.
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Restoring your USB key to it's original state using Linux: Johnny <johnny@invalid.net> - 2015-04-09 10:37 -0500
Re: Restoring your USB key to it's original state using Linux: philo <philo@privacy.net> - 2015-04-09 10:56 -0500
Re: Restoring your USB key to it's original state using Linux: "Bill Cunningham" <mospam@nspam.invalid> - 2015-04-09 15:24 -0400
Re: Restoring your USB key to it's original state using Linux: Lew Pitcher <lew.pitcher@digitalfreehold.ca> - 2015-04-09 15:29 -0400
Re: Restoring your USB key to it's original state using Linux: "Bill Cunningham" <mospam@nspam.invalid> - 2015-04-09 16:25 -0400
Re: Restoring your USB key to it's original state using Linux: Lew Pitcher <lew.pitcher@digitalfreehold.ca> - 2015-04-10 10:11 -0400
Re: Restoring your USB key to it's original state using Linux: Bobbie Sellers <bliss-sf4ever@dslextreme.com> - 2015-04-10 11:25 -0700
Re: Restoring your USB key to it's original state using Linux: "Bill Cunningham" <mospam@nspam.invalid> - 2015-04-10 17:01 -0400
Re: Restoring your USB key to it's original state using Linux: "Bill Cunningham" <mospam@nspam.invalid> - 2015-04-09 16:37 -0400
Re: Restoring your USB key to it's original state using Linux: William Unruh <unruh@invalid.ca> - 2015-04-10 05:18 +0000
Re: Restoring your USB key to it's original state using Linux: The Natural Philosopher <tnp@invalid.invalid> - 2015-04-10 07:54 +0100
Re: Restoring your USB key to it's original state using Linux: J G Miller <miller@yoyo.ORG> - 2015-04-10 17:57 +0000
Re: Restoring your USB key to it's original state using Linux: "Bill Cunningham" <mospam@nspam.invalid> - 2015-04-10 17:03 -0400
Re: Restoring your USB key to it's original state using Linux: Harold Stevens <wookie@limbo.localdomain> - 2015-04-09 15:53 -0500
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