Formatting a universal serial bus flash drive is the same as formatting a hard disk drive; the process clears all data from the device and installs a filesystem, used to structure files on the drive. In Ubuntu, the supported filesystem is extended file system; in Windows, it's file allocation table or new technology file system. You can format a flash drive in Disk Utility or GParted -- two of the most popular programs used to manage disks in Ubuntu -- and install any of these filesystems on the device.
Using GParted
Step 1
Press "Alt-F2." Enter "sudo apt-get install gparted" -- without quotes -- into the dialog box.
Step 2
Select "Run in Terminal" and then click "Run." Type your password, when prompted, and then press "Enter" to install GParted to Ubuntu.
Step 3
Click "System." Point to "Administration" and then click "GParted." Enter your administrative credentials and then click "OK."
Step 4
Select your USB flash drive from the drop-down menu. Right-click the unallocated space and then click "New."
Step 5
Select from the File System drop-down menu "FAT" or "NTFS" to use the drive with Windows; select "EXT3" or "EXT4" to use the drive with Linux.
Step 6
Name the new partition. Enter the desired size for the partition into the New Size field, if desired, or use the entire disk.
Step 7
Click "Add." Click the green checkmark and then click "Apply" to format the USB Flash Drive.
Step 8
Click "Close" when the message "All Operations Successfully Completed" appears.
Using Disk Utility
Step 1
Click "System." Point to "Administration." Click "Disk Utility."
Step 2
Select the USB flash drive from the left pane. Select "Format Volume" from the right pane.
Step 3
Select "FAT" or "NTFS" to format the volume for use with Windows. Select "EXT3" or "EXT4" to format the volume for use with Linux.
Step 4
Name the new volume and then click "Format" to format the flash drive.
Tips
- You can also open Terminal by clicking "Applications," "Accessories," then "Terminal," or by opening Dash, typing "Terminal," and then selecting "Terminal" from the results.
- You can also access Disk Utility by opening Dash, typing "disk" and then selecting "Disk Utility" from the results.
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