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how to format a pendrive in fat32,ntfs format?

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i would like to get the commands in linux mint 10 for formatting pen drive with either in fat32 or ntfs format…

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  1. Connie New on Mar 04, 2012 Reply

    Use gparted for a GUI option and you can format into NTFS and FAT32 formats. This is by far the easiest

    For formatting from the command line you need to use parted
    or
    1st make a partition using fdisk e.g.
    fdisk
    then format the drive to the format you want using mkfs.. e.g.
    mkfs.fat32

    Doing this potentially loses data..so always back up first, and typos can lead you to wiping a wrong partition irrecoverably

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  2. Connie New on Mar 04, 2012 Reply

    use gparted for a GUI option and you can format into NTFS and FAT32 formats
    For formatting from the command line you need to use parted
    or
    1st make a partition using fdisk
    then format the drive to the format you want using mkfs.. e.g.
    mkfs.fat32

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  3. Emil Ojackov on Dec 25, 2011 Reply

    FAT32 is different file format from NTFS.
    So you can format only FAT32 or only NTFS.
    Using both of them on one Pendisk is impossible.
    Have a nice day!
    Emil.

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