Formatting a flash drive in the simplest way means to clear the flash drive. There is a simple way to do this through the terminal. Watch the video below or follow these quick easy steps:
- Go to the dash and type in terminal (ctrl+alt+T)
- The first command you will type in is: df
- The command above will display the directory path of your various drives. Take note of the drive you wish to format.
- Then Type: sudo unmount /dev/sdb1
- This unmounts the disk
- Next type in: sudo mkfs.vfat -n ‘ubuntu’ -I /dev/sdb1
- This erases all files on the flash drive