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I installed Ubuntu 16.04 onto a USB stick. I installed Ubuntu onto my laptop. When I try to format the USB stick, I get this error message:

This partition cannot be modified because it contains a partition table; please reinitialize layout of the whole device. (udisks-error-quark, 11)

How do I fix this, so my USB stick is usable again.

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    Hi. Have a look at the answer in this question. Although it wasn't marked as answered it does look like it fixed the issue.
    – gsxruk
    May 30, 2016 at 11:03
  • Yep I had the same problem and I can verify that recreating partition table with gparted fixes the problem. May 30, 2016 at 11:42
  • After a few tries with Gparted and a couple of reboots (to help the kernel) I managed to make a new partition (smile) Now I will try with a USB form years ago. I pulled it out of usb without ejecting while using Ubuntu (I love the OS), so it is locked.
    – simon
    May 30, 2016 at 12:20

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