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How to format usb drive on ubuntu or kali linux

December 5, 2018 by shaik zillani

usb pendrive logo

In this blog post, I will show you how to format a usb pendrive on ubuntu or kali linux.

Install GParted

GParted (GNOME Partition Editor) is a utility for managing your disk partitions. We will use this tool to format USB drive easily, Let’s install it using the commands below.


sudo apt-get update

sudo apt-get install gparted

Format

Let’s launch GParted from terminal by executing the command below,


./gparted

gparted launch screen

Select the USB from the drop down,

making selection of usb on gparted

Right-Click on the device & select format option, go for ntfs

formatting in gparted

and click on apply all operations icon as shown below.

apply changes in gparted

That’s it. Please refer for other blog posts on goacademy

linux disk,  gparted,  kali linux,  linux,  ubuntu,  usb

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