Thanks very much
On Thursday, 2 March 2017, 135711131719 <[email protected]> wrote: > I had to format my Tails USB stick numerous times when I first started > using Tails. I found I could do it in Windows 10 easily (and Maybe Windows > 7), this way: > > 1) Open an elevated command prompt ("Run as administrator"). > 2) Type 'Diskpart' (without the apostrophes for this and all the other > following commands). > 3) Then 'List Disk'. > 4) Find your USB Stick Disk ID number. Be REALLY CAREFUL ON IDENTIFYING > THE CORRECT DISK NUMBER. Preferably have only the one USB stick you want to > format plugged in. If you select the wrong disk, you'll wipe everything on > that disk. Use the Disk Manager to help if needed. > 5) Once you are sure of the disk ID number, type 'Select Disk X', where X > is the number of your disk > 6) If the "Status" of your disk indicated "Offline" (from Step 3 above), > type 'Online Disk'. Note, I did not need to do this, so I never did try > this command. > 7) Type 'Clean'. > 8) You can then format to full capacity inside Diskpart (search for > "Diskpart Format"), via Disk Manager, Windows file explorer, etc. > > NOTE: On Windows 10 Pro the "clean" command worked like a charm. On > Windows 7 Ultimate, the 'Clean' command got stuck. I had to reboot the OS > and try again. I can't remember if the process worked the second time or I > just then used Windows 10 thereafter, where "clean" executed quickly. > > Hope this helps > > > > Sent with ProtonMail <https://protonmail.com> Secure Email. > > -------- Original Message -------- > Subject: Re: [Tails-support] Usb not working > Local Time: February 27, 2017 8:47 PM > UTC Time: February 27, 2017 8:47 PM > From: [email protected] > <javascript:_e(%7B%7D,'cvml','[email protected]');> > To: User support for Tails <[email protected] > <javascript:_e(%7B%7D,'cvml','[email protected]');>> > > Neethin Nandakumar: > > I used a San disk USB to install tails and invariably it didn't work. So > > used the exception specified in the site (removing the live_storage > option > > from the boot screen). This solved the problem. 2 days later i brought a > > new USB and installed tails from it. Then when i connected my old San > disk > > on my windows the 16 gb drive is being shown as only 2.16 gb. How do i > > correct this? > > > > Thanks in advance > > You have to reformat the old SanDisk thumb drive. There is probably a > way to do it in Windows but I have not found it. The regular Windows > format app doesn't work on drives previously formatted by Tails. My > suggestion is to create a Live DVD of a good Linux distro. It will have > a GUI USB stick formatter. I know Linux Mint does. Plug in your > SanDisk, select FAT32, and reformat. Windows should now show it as 16 > GB. There may be a way to reformat USB sticks from Tails but I haven't > found that either. Some one else here may know how. > > _______________________________________________ > tails-support mailing list > [email protected] > <javascript:_e(%7B%7D,'cvml','[email protected]');> > https://mailman.boum.org/listinfo/tails-support > To unsubscribe from this list, send an empty email to > [email protected] > <javascript:_e(%7B%7D,'cvml','[email protected]');>. > > >
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