To preface, I'm relatively new with linux-based systems, so please try to keep things relatively simple.
Before experiencing any issues, I had an 8GB flash drive that was recognized by
sudo fdisk -l
as /dev/sdb. The issue happened when I tried to copy a file onto the drive using
sudo dd if=[File] of=/dev/null bs=512k
where [File] was a file in my working directory. I realized I had done something I didn't want to do and force closed the terminal before the task finished. When I reopened it and checked
sudo fdisk -l
again, it listed the drives and devices, but got stuck trying to find /dev/sdb. It simply doesn't show up and won't let me type into the terminal any further. I believe I may have corrupted the drive by mistake.
Is there any way to get the drive back or do I need to buy a new one?
EDIT:
I tried
gksu gparted
and it requires admin password. I thought I defined that when I put Ubuntu on the computer, but the password isn't working.
