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I'm having trouble mounting or formating my 16gig SanDisk USB. When I run

sudo fdisk -l

I get this return

Disk /dev/sdc: 16.0 GB, 16008609792 bytes
64 heads, 32 sectors/track, 15267 cylinders, total 31266816 sectors
Units = sectors of 1 * 512 = 512 bytes
Sector size (logical/physical): 512 bytes / 512 bytes
I/O size (minimum/optimal): 512 bytes / 512 bytes
Disk identifier: 0x00041d5f

and when I use the Disks Utility to try and format the device I get this error

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What would be the best way to mount this device, or format it so it can be readily available every time I plug it in? Is there something else hindering this device from mounting that I am not aware of?

*I Have a Acer Aspire M5-581t 6807 
-Intel® Core™ i5-3317U CPU @ 1.70GHz × 4 
-Intel® Ivybridge Mobile
-6gigs of ram 
-20gb ssd 
-500gb hdd
-lintel 4000 graphics
*I'm running Ubuntu 13.04 64 bit

3 Answers 3

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well i've not seen such error before, but you may try this: it may work

  • Format it:
mkfs.ext4 /dev/sdc

For mounting it:

mkdir /media/mountPoint 

 mount /dev/sdc /media/mountPoint 

p.s: Check if device is /dev/sdc or /dev/sdb

Second way to do it (UI):

                 Use **Gparted**

Install it by

 sudo apt-get install gparted
Run it:
 sudo gparted
Go to top right corner and select the disk and do whatever operation it required ...

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Try this. Install Gparted. just press Ctrl+Alt+T on your keyboard to open Terminal. When it opens, run the command(s) below:

sudo apt-get install gparted

Once done, insert the USB key. Now launch GParted. To do that go to dash and search for GParted. Once open just follow the steps shown in the images below.

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Once done, remove the USB, and re-insert, and it should mount.

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  • What if the flash drive isn't recognized by Gparted or anything else for that matter except windows and lsusb?
    – Parto
    Sep 11, 2014 at 7:10
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I was having same problem but, in Gparted, I unmounted the device then I could work with it, deleted the partition and created a new identical one. Now it is OK.

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