Wednesday, January 16, 2013

Found an 8GB Flash drive, what should I do now?

Q. I already know about Portable apps and everything and I have me own laptop and desktop computers
is there anything else fun besides putting linux on it? I'd like some more info on pendrive linux as well.
it's a mini PNY usb flash drive and it's really cool how tiny it is but I have no use for it besides general storage...thanks!

A. How about if you treat your USB as a memory, let say Readyboost!!! 8GB more additional ram for your PC.

How Do I Format a Flash Drive on Linux Mint 12 LXDE/KDE?
Q. How do I format my Flash Drive or "PENDRIVE" on Linux Mint 12 Lisa LXDE? When I right click on it all it says is eject.

I'm assuming I need to download something? When I had Ubuntu UI via Linux Mint I just right clicked > format. Now on the default Linux Mint 12 interface it just says eject.

A. You have to use gParted.
Or it might named "Partition Editor" or something with "Disk".
You will find it in the main menu, under "System" or "system Tools".

Once you open the gParted, you will understand it. If you don't look for the devices on upper right corner. primary hard disk is named either hda or sda. the partitions are 1,2,3 n so on. eg C drive will be called as had1, D as hda2 n so on.
If you have another hard disk, it will be named as hdb1, hdb2, n so on.

If you are not sure about the name of your pen drive, you can guess it by size.

once you get your flash drive, you will have to right click on it. you will get several options after that. including "delete" and so on. Simply choose "format to>" n it will show a lot of file systems. choose the one you want. (usually FAT32, or NTFS.)

Here is one video of gParted on Mint 11. It didn't say what version was it (KDE, XFCE, or Gnome). And I couldn't find a video for 12.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hk1j4qXlNzg

How do I get rid of the two partitions on a thumb drive through linux ubuntu?
Q. I tried to put ubuntu on a pendrive and it did not work out well. Now, when I plug in the usb device, it shows as two devices and it has a file that I can't delete. How do I combine the two partitions and format the thumb drive through Ubuntu 7.10
Thanks linux OS! But how do I work the program? both partitions have a lock icon next to them. How do I make the program work?

A. Use gparted



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