I'm using Linux Mint 13 Mate (Maya) and am unable to remove a file from my thumb drive. It's a PNY 32GB flash that I believe was FAT32 but when I first booted it with Linux it somehow changed it to a 64GB NTFS. Not sure if that's a big deal or not, I don't need that much space on it but I'll take it if it's ok.
Whenever I go to delete the file it says it's un able to delete the file and not all the contents could be displayed. I've tried scouring the web for an answer but can't find anything relating to my version of Mint. Any help or suggestions would be greatly appreciated. Thanks!
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Unable to reformat Flash Drive
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knoticalnate
Unable to reformat Flash Drive
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gold_finger
Re: Unable to reformat Flash Drive
Are you using the USB as a live, bootable version of Mint; or are you on a computer with Mint 13 installed to the hard drive and you are having problems with the PNY USB you plugged into it?knoticalnate wrote:when I first booted it with Linux
That's not possible.knoticalnate wrote: It's a PNY 32GB flash ... it somehow changed it to a 64GB
Re: Unable to reformat Flash Drive
that seems more like a file table allocation error.somehow changed it to a 64GB NTFS
- have you installed Gparted & can that see the usb drive at all?.
& what size does it say that the usb drive actually is?.
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