error formatting pendrive

Question

In Ubuntu 12.04 using disk utility while formatting, there was an error

Error creating partition table: helper exited with exit code 1: Error calling fsync(2) on /dev/sdc: Input/output error

I tried to format even using windows failed and showed up "Windows coudn't format". How can I fix this?

Answer 1

Using Gparted may of help - install it, open it, and you should be able to reformat the disk once you have unmounted it.

You can do this and other options by selecting the drive in the menu at the top right, and then right-clicking on the partitions.