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In windows as soon as I connect my USB drive, option to format it comes on the screen. In Ubuntu it is not mounting.
I am trying to format my USB drive but in Windows and Ubuntu it won't complete.
I run the lsblk command and it shows zero partitions in the USB disk.

This is the screnshot of my terminal

Recovering the data is not my priority.

Please HELP...

Thomas
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rahul111
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Did you try using gparted? Check if it detects the disk.

If it detects the disk, it should show some partitions or unallocated space. To completely reformat the disk-

  1. Delete all existing partitions(if any).
  2. Create a new partition table from Devices->Create Partition Table.
  3. You can choose msdos (MBR) for this case, but GPT is required for >2TB sized disks.
  4. Right click on the unallocated space and click New, to create a new partition.
  5. Select the format, ntfs or fat32 if you want to use it on windows as well. Done
Legolas
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