I think u have misunderstood what formatting is!! Formatting is creating a filesystem in other words writing a data structure on the partition
On Tue, Dec 30, 2008 at 11:45 PM, rohit <[email protected]> wrote: > > @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 > > > > > -- > > > Join the next generation of computing, Open Source, and Linux/GNU! > > > > > Harsimran singh walia > > > 3rd year, Mechanical Engineering > > > IIT Delhi > > > -- Join the next generation of computing, Open Source, and Linux/GNU! Harsimran singh walia 3rd year, Mechanical Engineering IIT Delhi --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ l...@iitd mailing list -- group http://groups.google.com/group/iitdlug -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
