@harsimran

i think if i just delete and recreate a partition i can format it
anyway....

anyway mkfs is fine too

On Dec 30, 10:51 pm, "amit kumar" <[email protected]> wrote:
> i believe rohit is write
>
> -the same message is given while formatting a damaged sector floppy
>
> can you give me some remedial solutions
>
> On Tue, Dec 30, 2008 at 11:18 PM, Harsimran Walia <[email protected]
>
> > wrote:
> > But fdisk is used to partition add and delete drives
> > To format u need to use mkfs.ntfs for ntfs or mkfs.vfat fir fat filesystem
>
> > On Tue, Dec 30, 2008 at 11:12 PM, rohit <[email protected]> wrote:
>
> >> u want to open or format??
>
> >> to format
>
> >> use fdisk or gparted or qtparted whatever suits you...
>
> >> maybe file system is corrupted
>
> >> On Dec 30, 11:52 am, "amit kumar" <[email protected]> wrote:
> >> > -my pendive is not opening and neither it is able to format .
>
> >> > -it displays the following message when i try to format it "WINDOWS WAS
> >> > UNABLE TO FORMAT THE PENDRIVE "
>
> >> > - when opened in LINUX it is not opening ,and in PUPPY LINUX it is even
> >> > undetected .
>
> >> > please recommend remedial measures
>
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>
> > Harsimran singh walia
> > 3rd year, Mechanical Engineering
> > IIT Delhi
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