Formating

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hewjr1000
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Formating

Post by hewjr1000 »

In Ubuntu I can right click on my usb drive and format, and with Gparted I can unmount usb and also format.

In Linux Mint these options are not available or greyed out.

How can I change it so I can format usb flash drive

Henry
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proxima_centauri

Re: Formating

Post by proxima_centauri »

Try installing the package gnome-format from Package Manager.
hewjr1000
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Re: Formating

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Gnome format a no go, thanks anyway

Henry
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proxima_centauri

Re: Formating

Post by proxima_centauri »

Darn, was hoping that would be a quick fix.

See here for a detailed fix -> http://forums.linuxmint.com/viewtopic.p ... 4&p=341215
grey1960envoy

Re: Formating

Post by grey1960envoy »

proxima_centauri wrote:Try installing the package gnome-format from Package Manager.

thank you I was actually going to ask about formatting as well
hewjr1000
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Re: Formating

Post by hewjr1000 »

Holy cow I am O-2 with this, followed instruction to a T, but to no avail.

Oh well I will just have to do without for now.

Thank you very much for your help.

Henry
HP Pavillion Gaming Laptop 16
32 GB Ram 500GB SSD.
10th Gen. Intel i5 2.5 GHZ Quad Core.
Nvidia GTX 1650 Graphics 4 GB Memory.
grey1960envoy

Re: Formating

Post by grey1960envoy »

Going to package manager worked for me
vrkalak

Re: Formating

Post by vrkalak »

I buy 4 Gb USB flash-drives by the case. No. Really.

When I need to re-format a flash-drive ... I use the gParted partition editor.

On the upper right-hand corner, of gparted, where the 'drive is listed' you can click on the down-arrow.
All the connected drives should be listed, including the flash-drive. Highlight the USB drive and select to format.

Depending on what you are going to be using the USB flash-drive for as to what to format it to . . . if it will be used for both Linux and Windows, I select 'format as' fat32.
Or you can actually format the USB flash-drive as a 'partition'
hemimaniac

Re: Formating

Post by hemimaniac »

hewjr1000 wrote:Holy cow I am O-2 with this, followed instruction to a T, but to no avail.

Oh well I will just have to do without for now.

Thank you very much for your help.

Henry
In Users and Groups, do you have permission to mount and unmount media?
hewjr1000
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Re: Formating

Post by hewjr1000 »

Problem solved.

Was able to format usb by using vrkalak's suggestion.

Simply open gparted, click on gparted on top left of menu, select devices, select usb device.

Then go to main window highlight usb device, right click and select format.

Or you can go to menu at top and select partition, and then delete.

Go back to partition and create new.

Henry

Kudos to vrkalak
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